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Carlo Maderno or Maderna (1556 – 31 January 1629) was an Italian architect, born in today's Ticino, Switzerland, who is remembered as one of the fathers of.

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Era: 1597-1603

Carlo Maderno, a Swiss-Italian architect, was born in Ticino in 1556, and is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture with his most important work being the facades of St. Peter’s Basilica, Santa Susanna and Sant’ Andrea della Valle. He began his career in the marble quarries and moved to Rome in 1588 with four of his brothers to assist his Uncle Domenico Fontana. He worked as a marble cutter. In 1596, he designed the facade of Santa Susanna, a project spanning six years. Wikipedia says the structure is a dynamic rhythm of columns and pilasters, with a protruding central bay.

Santa Susanna won the attention of Pope Paul V, who in 1603 appointed him chief architect of St. Peter’s. In this work he was forced to modify Michelangelo’s plans and provide designs for an extended nave with a palatial façade. When completed in 1612, it allowed for Papal blessings from the balcony above the central door. Although criticized for blocking the view of the dome when seen from the Piazza, he would not have been given as much freedom in the design of this buildi

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Carlo Maderno

Italian architect (1556–1629)

Carlo Maderno or Maderna (1556 – 31 January 1629) was an Italian^[1]architect, born in today's Ticino, Switzerland, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His façades of Santa Susanna, St. Peter's Basilica, and Sant'Andrea della Valle were of key importance in the evolution of the Italian Baroque. He often is referred to as the brother of sculptor Stefano Maderno, but this is not universally agreed upon.

Biography

Born in Capolago, in today's Ticino, which at the time was a bailiwick of the Swiss Confederacy, Maderno began his career in the marble quarries of the far north, before moving to Rome in 1588 with four of his brothers to assist his uncle Domenico Fontana. He worked initially as a marble cutter. This background in sculptural workmanship would help mould his architecture. His first solo project, in 1596, was an utterly confident and mature façade for the ancient church of Santa Susanna (1597–1603); it was among the first Baroque façades to break with the Mannerist conventio

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Maderno, Carlo

Maderno, Carlo(c.1556–1629). Leading architect working in Romefrom the mid-1570s, before Bernini, Borromini, and Cortonadeveloped the Baroquestyle to its greatest potential. He started under D. Fontana, his uncle, and was involved in the re-erection of the Ancient Egyptian obelisksat Piazza di San Pietro (1586), Piazza dell'Esquilino (1587), Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano (1588), and Piazza del Pòpolo (1589). He worked on a number of engineering projects before designing his masterpiece, the remodelling of the Church of Santa Susanna on the Quirinal Hill (1593–1603), with a dramatic façadebased on that of Il Gesù, but with an engagedlower Orderand scrollslinking the narrower upper pilaster façade to the wider front below. Emphasis was more decisive and vertical than at Il Gesù. After the election of Pope Paul V (1605–21) Maderno was appointed Architect to St Peter's, where he constructed the nave(1609–16), began work on the decorations of the crossing, built the curving stairs leading to the confessio