ID: 700001273 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001273	Record Type: Built Work

Piazza San Pietro (piazza (square); principal architect: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, under patronage o...; redesigned 1656-1667; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...)

Note: The open space, with encircling colonnaded arms, that lies before the St. Peter's Basilica. It was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656-1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII.

Titles:

Piazza San Pietro (preferred,C,U,LC,Italian,U,N,English,L,N)

Saint Peter's Square (C,U,English-P,U,U)

San Pietro Piazza (C,U,English,,N)

St. Peter's Square (C,U,English,U,U)

Piazza di San Pietro (C,U,English,,N,undetermined,,N)

Piazza S. Pietro (C,U,undetermined,U,U,English,,N)

Forum Sancti Petri (C,U,Latin,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

piazza (square) [300164841] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>, squares (open spaces))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: redesigned 1656-1667

Creator Display:

principal architect: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, under patronage of Pope Alexander VII [preferred,VP]

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo [,BWR]

architect Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) [500032022]

patron Alexander VII, Pope (Italian pope, 1599-1667) [500248464]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Santa Sede [7001168] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: +41.9,+12.4833; Rome, Italy

Display Materials: various, primarily masonry

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Baroque [300021147] ()
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	design, urban [300189645]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), visual arts (discipline), architecture (discipline)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

............... Vatican Complex

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures

Sources and Contributors:
Piazza San Pietro	........ [GRISC,VP,BWR]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85101910
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3786081
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Saint Peter's Square	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996)
San Pietro Piazza	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3786013
St. Peter's Square	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Piazza di San Pietro	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3786013; BWR3730899
Piazza S. Pietro	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3747512; BWR3747319
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) Rudolf Preimesberger, with Michael P. Mezzatesta, "Bernini, Gianlorenzo," accessed 20 July 2012
Forum Sancti Petri	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786013; BWR3786081; BWR3730899; BWR3747512; BWR3747319

....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3786013; 3786081; 3730899; 3747512; 3747319

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 30500; 30304; 30290; 30301; 30871

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U32205; U910968

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR-13 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... Avery Index2: BWR Contribution (2010-) 657217

....................... BWR-10 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... ARTstor: Princeton (2010-) 51441; 50851

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) Rudolf Preimesberger, with Michael P. Mezzatesta, "Bernini, Gianlorenzo," accessed 20 July 2012
	..... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996)
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786013; BWR3786081