Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
| Church of Holy Mary of Grace Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie | |
|---|---|
Roman Catholic | |
| Province | Archdiocese of Milan |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Location | |
| Location | Milan, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | 45°27′57″N 9°10′16″E / 45.46583°N 9.17111°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Guiniforte Solari Donato Bramante |
| Type | Church |
| Style | Gothic (Nave) Renaissance (Apse and Dome) |
| Groundbreaking | 1463 |
| Completed | 1497[1] |
Europe and North America | |
Santa Maria delle Grazie ("Holy Mary of Grace") is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, northern Italy, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The convent contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory.
History
The design of the apse of the church has been attributed to
In 1543, the
Composer and cellist
World War II
During World War II, on the night of 15 August 1943, an allied aerial bombardment hit the church and the convent. Much of the refectory was destroyed, but some walls survived, including the one that holds The Last Supper, which had been sand-bagged in order to protect it. Some preservation works are done to maintain it for the future. Previously distorted by attempts at restoration carried out over the centuries, Leonardo’s original painting has now emerged as a result of the work begun in 1978 and completed in 1999. This involved addressing complex problems as regards not only the painting itself but also the environment of the refectory in order to protect the work from the dust, fumes and humidity identified as the primary causes of its constant deterioration.[8] It is believed that the current and future preservation works will keep the painting safe for many centuries to come.
Contemporary
Nowadays the Sacrestia vecchia, or the Old Sacristy, designed and constructed by Donato Bramante, is the seat of a Dominican Cultural Centre (Centro Culturale alle Grazie), in which the brethren organize and host conferences on various themes pertaining to spirituality, philosophy, art, literature and sociology, in addition to musical concerts and artistic exhibitions.
See also
- Roman Catholic Marian churches
- History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
- History of Italian Renaissance domes
- History of early modern period domes
References
Footnotes
- ^ Bramante was in the service of the Duchy at the time.
Citations
- The Macmillan Company. p. 27.
- ^ "Guiniforte Solari". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Santa Maria delle Grazie & The Last Supper". Timeout.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "A World History of Architecture" p. 301 (Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett 3rd Edition)
- ^ Cited in the Italian Wikipedia entry
- ^ Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 1104.
- ^ Rudolf Schnitzler: "Perroni [Peroni], Giovanni", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed September 15, 2019), (subscription access) Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Santa Maria Delle Grazie". Last Supper. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
Further reading
- Milano. Italian Touring Club. 2003. ISBN 88-365-2766-3.
- Lòpez, Guido (2002). I Signori di Milano. Rome: Newton & Compton. ISBN 88-8289-951-9.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)
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