Santa Costanza
Title
Santa Costanza
Date
ca. 350
Identifier
7641
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Early Christian
Subject
mausoleums
columns (architectural elements)
Corinthian capitals
Description
View of Corinthian columns supporting the dome inside the Santa Costanza in Rome, Italy. "Although this building was consecrated as a church in 1256, it began as a mausoleum for Constantine's daughter, Constantia (also known as Constantina or Costanza), who died in 354 AD.. The plan is circular, borrowing from the antique tradition of funerary architecture ... There is a narthex or porch, which leads to the central domed space, which is surrounded by a barrel-vaulted ambulatory ... Twelve pairs of coupled Corinthian columns define the central space and support the dome,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
N1ITROM2-0350I2A1
- Date Added
- August 29, 2013
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- churches, columns, Corinthian capitals
- Citation
- “Santa Costanza,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/11013.