Duomo in Como
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Duomo in Como
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_3146
Description
Photograph taken in Lake Como, Italy of the Duomo at a low perspective looking up. Como Cathedral: construction began in 1396 on the site of the previous Romanesque church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The fae was built in 1457, with the characteristic rose window and a portal flanked by two Renaissance statues of the famous comaschi Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. The construction was finished in 1740. The interior is on the Latin cross plan, with Gothic nave and two aisles divided by piers, while the transept wing and the relative apses are from the Renaissance age. It includes a carved 16th century choir and tapestries on cartoons by Giuseppe Arcimboldi. The dome is a rococo structure by Filippo Juvarra. Other artworks include 16th17th century tapestries and 16th century paintings by Bernardino Luini and Gaudenzio Ferrari.
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July 18th, 2013
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Jennie Breeze
Thanks for featuring my image in your ART FROM THE PAST group homepage!
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Eva! Appreciate being featured in your PLACES YOU VISITED group homepage.