Carlo Maderno (Italian architect, ca. 1556 - 1629); Giovanni Battista Soria (Italian architect, 1581-1651) Maderno, Carlo 1556 1629 Italian Soria, Giovanni Battista 1581 1651 Italian 1608-1620 (creation); 1624-1626 (alteration) 1608 1620 1624 1626 The church is the only structure designed and completed by the early Baroque architect Carlo Maderno, though the interior suffered a fire in 1833 and required restoration. Its façade, however, was erected by Soria during Maderno's lifetime, 1624-1626, showing the unmistakable influence of Maderno's Santa Susanna nearby. (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Rome Lazio Italy Europe Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 11/15/2007) Baroque Baroque architectural exteriors; architectural interiors construction construction Santa Maria della Vittoria buildings; religious buildings; churches church Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor and architect, 1598-1680) Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1598 1680 Italian 1647-1652 (creation) 1647 1652 The unity of sculpture, painting and architecture makes the chapel one of Bernini's greatest achievements. He was commissioned by the Venetian Cardinal Federigo Cornaro (1579-1653) to decorate a small chapel forming the left transept of the early 17th-century church. The patron wanted to construct a mortuary chapel for himself, commemorate seven other distinguished members of his family and, especially, honour St. Teresa of Avila, the 16th-century Spanish mystic and Carmelite reformer canonized in 1622. Santa Maria della Vittoria (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Santa Maria della Vittoria Rome Lazio Italy Europe marble; stained glass; fresco Santa Maria della Vittoria Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 10/17/2007) Baroque Baroque death or burial; saints; Angels; Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582 Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582 Angels carving (processes); construction carving (processes) construction Cornaro Chapel building divisions; rooms and spaces; religious building spaces; chapels (rooms or structures); sepulchral chapels; sculpture (visual work) sepulchral chapel sculpture (visual work) Gilchrist, Scott 10/1/1998 (creation) 18 MB © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Archivision, Inc. 1A1-BG-CC-A3 Archivision, Inc. 1A1-BG-CC-A3 interior; niche; aedicule; column: paired Corinthian columns; pediment: split; architrave Frontal view of the entire chapel, with lateral "spectators" in view