English: Milan Cathedral.
Italiano: Milano - Duomo.
This File: 30 January 2014.
Source: Own work.
This file is licensed under the
Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence.
User: Чаховіч Уладзіслаў
(Wikimedia Commons)
Duomo of Milan.
The Church That Took 600 Years To Finish.
Available on YouTube
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless stated otherwise.
A clash arose, which forced Gian Galeazzo to decide on the foundation of a new construction site intended exclusively for the Visconti dynasty: The Certosa di Pavia.[10] Work proceeded quickly, and, at the death of Gian Galeazzo in 1402, almost half the Cathedral was complete. Construction, however, stalled almost totally until 1480 for lack of money and ideas: The most notable works of this period were the tombs of Marco Carelli and Pope Martin V (1424) and the windows of the Apse (1470s), of which those extant portray Saint John the Evangelist, by Cristoforo de’Mottis, and Saint Eligius and San John of Damascus, both by Niccolò da Varallo. In 1452, under Francesco Sforza, the Nave and the Aisles were completed up to the sixth Bay.
In 1488, both Leonardo da Vinci and Donato Bramante created models in a competition to design the central Cupola; Leonardo later withdrew his submission.[11] From 1500 to 1510, under Ludovico Sforza, the octagonal Cupola was completed, and decorated in the interior with four series of fifteen statues, each portraying Saints, Prophets, Sibyls, and figures from the Bible.
The exterior long remained without decoration, except for the Guglietto dell’Amadeo (“Amadeo’s Little Spire”), constructed 1507–1510. This is a Renaissance masterwork which nevertheless harmonised well with the Gothic appearance of the Church.
During the subsequent Spanish domination, the new Church proved usable, even though the interior remained unfinished, and some Bays of the Nave and the Transepts were still missing. In 1552, Giacomo Antegnati was commissioned to build a large Organ for the North Side of the Choir, and Giuseppe Meda provided four of the sixteen reliefs which were to decorate the Altar area (the programme was completed by Federico Borromeo).
In 1562, Marco d’Agrate’s St. Bartholomew and the famous Trivulzio Candelabrum (12th-Century) were added.
In 1488, both Leonardo da Vinci and Donato Bramante created models in a competition to design the central Cupola; Leonardo later withdrew his submission.[11] From 1500 to 1510, under Ludovico Sforza, the octagonal Cupola was completed, and decorated in the interior with four series of fifteen statues, each portraying Saints, Prophets, Sibyls, and figures from the Bible.
Artwork on Milan Cathedral’s door.
Photo: 27 June 2016.
Source: Own work.
Author: Harvinder Chandigarh
(Wikimedia Commons)
During the subsequent Spanish domination, the new Church proved usable, even though the interior remained unfinished, and some Bays of the Nave and the Transepts were still missing. In 1552, Giacomo Antegnati was commissioned to build a large Organ for the North Side of the Choir, and Giuseppe Meda provided four of the sixteen reliefs which were to decorate the Altar area (the programme was completed by Federico Borromeo).
In 1562, Marco d’Agrate’s St. Bartholomew and the famous Trivulzio Candelabrum (12th-Century) were added.
English: Plate celebrating the laying of the first stone in 1386.
Italiano: Lapide dentro il Duomo che commemora l’inizio della costruzione, nel 1386.
This File: 13 May 2005.
User: Marco Bonavoglia
(Wikimedia Commons)
PART SIX FOLLOWS.
