THE CHRONOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURAL
THEORIA, PRAXIS AND POIESIS
IN

EUROPE

1630 - 1639

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1630
- France
  - Paris
    - Louvre
1631

France

Richelieu

Town and chateau Richelieu (begun 1631).
Commissioner: Cardinal Duke of Richelieu (d. 1642).
Arch.: Jacques Lemercier (1580/85-1654).

Plan of the town, engraving.
View of the Chateau, engraving.
View of la Grande Rue (Main Street).
1632

France

Paris

Temple Sainte-Marie, former Chapelle des Visitandines (1632-34).
Commissioner: Order of the Visitandines.
Arch.: François Mansart (1598-1666).

Plan.
Façade.
The Dome, interior (drawing).
1633

Papal States

Rome

Palazzo Barberini, Illusionistic vault painting.
Commissioner: Pope Urban VIII (1623-44).
Painter: Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669).

Trionfo della Gloria (1633-40).
1634

Papal States

Rome

Chiostro of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1634-38).
Arch.: Francesco Borromini (1599-1667).
* * * It was Borromini's first work! * * *

Plan, drawing by Borromini.
Plan.
Chiostro #1.
Chiostro #2.
Chiostro, detail.
1635

France

Blois

Chateau Blois, Orléans Wing (1635-38).
Commissioner: the Duke of Orléans.
Arch.: François Mansart (1598-1666).

Outline of the Plan, original sketch.
Outline of Elevation and Perspective drawing, original sketch.
Plan of the complex.
Section through the staircase.
Air view.

Paris

Church of la Sorbonne (begun 1635).
Commissioner: the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu (d. 1642).
Arch.: Jacques Lemercier (1580/85-1654).

Plan.
Section, engraving.
Street Façade.
Courtyard Façade.
Interior.
1636
1637
1638

Papal States

Rome

Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638-41).
Commissioned in 1634.
The façade was built from 1665 to 1667.
Arch.: Francesco Borromini (1599-1667).
* * * It was Borromini's first church. * * *

Plan, drawing by Borromini, detail.
Plan.
Interior to High Altar.
Apse Vault detail.
View up to Dome.
The Dome, interior #1.
The Dome, interior #2.
The Dome, detail.
View down from Lantern.
Underground chapel.
1639

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THE CHRONOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURAL
THEORIA, PRAXIS AND POIESIS
IN

EUROPE

1630 - 1639