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