- Santa Maria di Loreto is a 16th century church in Rome, located just across
the street from the Trajan's Column, near the giant Monument of Vittorio
Emanuele II. The construction of this church was started in 1507 by Antonio
da Sangallo the younger, with an octagonal floor plan; the dome and the
lantern were completed by Jacopo del Duca some 75 years later. The church
was built atop an earlier 15th century chapel. It is most notable for the
adjacent erection of a similarly domed 18th century church Santissimo Nome
di Maria, giving the semblance of twin churches. The interior decoration
is best noted for the statuary, including a statue at the entrance by Andrea
Sansovino and around the altar, four angels by Stefano Maderno, and representations
of four martyred virgin and Roman saints, apt companions to a church dedicated
to the transposed house of the Virgin Mary’s Annunciation. The four
martyrs in order of completion were Saint Agnes (Pompeo Ferrucci), Saint
Flavia Domitilla (Domenico de Rossi), Saint Cecilia (Giuliano Finelli),
and the famous Santa Susanna by Francois Duquesnoy).
- INCLUDES FLOORPLANS OF VARIOUS ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CHURCHES
Theodor Schreiber- 1848- 1912 Born Strehla an der Elbe, Saxony, Germany. Died in Leipzing (?), Germany . Schreiber studied at the University of Leipzig where he studied archaeology with Johannes Overbeck (q.v.) and philology with Friedrich Ritschl (1806-1876). In 1874 through a travel stipend from the DAI (Deutsche Archäologische Institut or German Archaeological Institute) he studied in Rome with Wilhelm Henzen (1816-1887) and Wolfgang Helbig (q.v.). He traveled to Greece and after particularly important study in Athens in 1876 he returned to Rome to catalog the Ludovisi family collection of classical sculpture. He completed this in 1880. In 1885 he became associate professor at Leipzig, adding the directorship of the museum in Leipzig the following year. Schreiber published widely on Hellenistic art topics. His Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen was an early study of polychromy in art. The work was produced by Seemann, Ernst Arthur. Kunsthistorische bilderbogen: für den Gebrauch bei akademischen und öffentlichen Vorlesungen, sowie beim Unterricht in der Geschichte und Geschmackslehre an Gymnasien, real- und höheren Töchterschulen zusammengestellt. 2 vols. Leipzig, E. A. Seemann, 1877-80.
Print originates from KUNSTHISTORICHE BILDERBOGEN
Published 1880
Publisher Verlag Von E.A. Seemann - Leipzig
Overall Size: 11 x 14 3/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent engraving. Blank on reverse side. Light soiling.
