Stefano Della Torre, RV Schofield, Pellegrino Tibaldi architetto e il San Fedele di Milano. Invenzione e costruzione di una chiesa esemplare, Como 1994 (original) (raw)
This copy is provisional, awaiting a machine-readable version. The authors discuss every aspect of the first great Gesuit church built in Italy. On the basis of the exhaustive notarial documentation assembled here, the history of the contruction, its form and symbolism, the structure, the original octagonal plan devised by Tibaldi then replaced by the present rectangular plan, the numerous drawings, the confessionals, paintings and the high altar are all examined. Pellegrino's architectural style in all it forms is set against the history of the use of the orders in the Cinquecento and the style of the church is itself discussed in detail. In the Appendix of Documents all the notarial material is presented.
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