Francesco Borromini
Dublin Core
Title
Francesco Borromini
Contributor
Michael Greenstein
Collection Items
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Francesco Borromini commenced his solo architectural career with the challenge of building San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane for the Trinitarian religious order. The church is better known by its colloquial name - San Carlino – which alludes to the…
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
This church, consecrated in 1660, represents another architectural feat and masterpiece of Borromini. Like in San Carlino, Borromini utilizes a novel geometric plan to erect the church unobtrusively in the context of its surroundings. In fact, the…
Rendering of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (Roma) - Dome
Rendering of the image of the dome of Sant'Ivo alla Spienza to reveal the geometric configuration embedded in the design.
Kepler - Model of the Universe
Kepler's model of the six known planets and their orbits around the sun through the five known platonic solids.