Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio

Title

Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio

Date

1508

Identifier

7652

Creator

Bramante, Donato

Creator Nationality

Italian

Work Type

Single Built Works

Work Location

Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Renaissance
Tuscan order

Subject

temples (buildings)
columns (architectural elements)
Doric order

Description

View of the outer circle with Doric columns of the "little temple" in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome, Italy. "In the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio, where St. Peter was thought to have been crucified, this small temple echoes circular classical temples in Tivoli or in the Forum and elsewhere in Rome. Initially Bramante had planned a circular courtyard as well. The circular plan had a precedent in the early Christian martyrium, which was usually small and centrally planned. Size was unimportant since these temples were memorials, not places of worship ... Here, unlike many classical precedents, Bramante uses the severe Roman Doric order with alternating metopes and triglyphs. Fifteenth century Italian Renaissance architects had generally preferred the Ionic or Corinthian orders ... The temple is composed of two concentric cylinders--a wide low outer one and a tall narrow inner one--the temple itself. The peristyle and steps circle around the main cylinder,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.

Measurements

15 feet in diameter

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

N1ITBRA2-11502E3B1

Files

N1ITBRA2-11502E3B1.jpg
Date Added
August 29, 2013
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
Tags
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Citation
“Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/11024.