Sant'Andrea (Mantua)

Facade of the Basilica of Sant'Andrea

The Basilica of Sant'Andrea is one of Leon Battista Alberti designed Roman Catholic Church in Mantua ( Italy ). It bears the title of a minor basilica .

history

Layout and drawings of the crypt

Sant'Andrea, Mantua, floor plan

inner space

Ludovico Gonzaga commissioned a church from Alberti in 1470, which was supposed to offer a suitable place for the veneration of a Holy Blood relic . For the design of the floor plan of Sant'Andrea, Alberti resorted to an ancient Roman way of dividing the wall. He chose a so-called "Etruscum sacrum", a sanctuary of ancient Italian, as a model for the floor plan. Alberti replaced the side aisles of the nave of the basilica with a series of chapels, which was a momentous innovation for church buildings in the late Renaissance and Baroque periods. Alberti, who dealt intensively with ancient architecture, aimed for a monumental effect that should come close to his historical models. He derives the mighty coffered barrel vault from the Basilica of Constantine . In the facade he combines the ancient temple front with a triumphal arch with flat pilasters instead of the usual columns.

The first construction phase ran from 1472 to 1494. Alberti did not see the completion of the church in 1514; he died in the year construction began.

The current shape with crossing and drum dome was not created until the 18th century. Alberti probably planned the end of the nave with a semicircular apse in his original plan, so the nave was more clearly staged than in its current form. The architect of the completion and the dome in the 18th century was Filippo Juvara .

In the church there are paintings and also the grave of the renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna .

organ

In the side gallery there is an organ that was built in 1850 by the organ building company Fratelli Serassi (Bergamo). The instrument has registers on two manuals (key range: up to c ⁵ ) and a pedal , the action is mechanical.

I Positive Espressivo Cc 5 Principals (B, D) 8th' Ottava (B, D) 4 ′ Quintadecima (B, D) Decimanona Vigesimaseconda Vigesimasesta e Vigesimanona Cornetto Viola (Bb) Flauto a camino Flutta in ottava Fagotto (B) 16 ′ Tromba (D) 8th' Clarone (B) 4 ′ Violoncello (D) Oboe (D) 8th' Voce umana 8th' Voci corali

I concert piece Cc 5 Terza mano Principale IV (D) 8th' Corni dolci (D) Cornetto I Cornetto II Fagotto (B) 16 ′ Trumpet (D) 8th' Clarone (B) Clarino (B) Trumpet (D) Corno inglese (D) Violone (B) Viola (Bb) Flutta Reale Flutta Alemanna Flauto in VIII (B, D) Ottavino (D) Voce umana Timballi

II main work Cc 5 Principals (B, D) 16 ′ Principals I (B, D) 8th' Principale II (B, D) 8th' Ottava I (B, D) 4 ′ Ottava II 4 ′ Quintadecima I Quintadecima II Decimanona Vigesimaseconda Decimanona e Vigesimaseconda Vigesimasesta e Nona Trigesimaterza e Sesta Quadragesima e Quadragesimaterza

Pedal mechanism Cc 1 Violone 16 ′ Bombarda 16 ′ Trombones 8th' Contrabbassi con rinforzi 16 ′ Contrabbassi con ottave 8th' Bassi armonici 8th' Ripieno

Web links

Commons : Sant'Andrea (Mantua)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sant'Andrea (Mantua). In: arch INFORM .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Basilica di S. Andrea Apostolo on gcatholic.org
2. ^ Images by Sant'Andrea
3. ^ Project art history at the University of Munich
4. ↑ More information about the organ ( Memento from February 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

Coordinates: 45 ° 9 ′ 32 ″  N , 10 ° 47 ′ 39 ″  E