Santa Maria presso San Satiro

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Santa Maria presso San Satiro (

The edifice has a nave and two aisles with barrel vault. The nave is surmounted by a hemispherical dome at the crossing with the transept. The bell tower is still that of the Romanesque edifice preceding the 1480s reconstruction. Also from the 15th century is the baptistry annexed to the church.

Originally the interior was decorated with white and gold paint. The walls had frescoes by

The choir, which had to be truncated a depth of only 90 cm (3.0 ft) due to the presence of the road Via Falcone behind the church, was replaced by Bramante with a painted perspective, realizing in this way one of the first examples of trompe-l'œil in history of art. ^{[citation needed]}

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  The interior with the Bramante's perspective illusion choir viewed from the nave.
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  Bramante's perspective illusion choir viewed from the west transept.

See also

• History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
• History of Italian Renaissance domes
• History of early modern period domes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santa Maria presso San Satiro (Milan).

• Page on the church (in Italian, English, and Chinese)
• Bramante in Milan Archived 7 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)