17th-century Western domes
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Domes built in the 17th century by the Western world, broadly defined, used traditional geometric and proportional techniques for masonry domes and lanterns and relied on graphical or empirical soluti
Illustration in Arte y Uso de la Arquitectura by Fray Lorenzo
Santa Maria della Sanità
The Basilica of San Lorenzo in Milan.
Church of San Lorenzo in Turin.
The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, also called San Carlino, is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini and it was his first inde
17th-century Western domes
…oval plans synthesize longitudinal and central plan church layouts, allowing clear views of the altar from all points. Francesco Borromini's dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638–41) has a novel oval plan that approximates an ellipse using four circular arcs based on the vertices of two large equilateral triangles; a complex…
Façade of Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane by Francesco Borromini
San Carlo alle quattro fontane interno
Section of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, ca. 1730
The dome with its intricate geometrical pattern