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forgotten the beauty of form among idol temples and lumpy hills; indeed, without form, how can there be beauty? Form stammered here and there in a mosque, became rigid through nervousness even, but oh these Italian churches! San Giorgio standing on the island which could scarcely have risen from the waves without it, the Salute holding the entrance of a canal which, but for it, would not be the Grand Canal!
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The Benedictine monks kept control of chapels in the church and did not sell them to families to decorate and embellish as they pleased, as was done in many Venetian churches. They had income from property and were in a stronger position. Some altars were given over to distinguished families but the
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The church and monastery were rebuilt after the earthquake. The church, which had a nave with side chapels, was not in the same position as the present church, but farther back at the side of a small campo or square. There were cloisters in front of it, which were demolished in 1516. The monks were
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The model was completed and approved in 1566 and the foundation stone was laid in the presence of the Pope in the same year. The work was not finished before the death of Palladio in 1580, but the body of the church was complete by 1575 except for the choir behind the altar and the facade. The
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and then came Venice. As he landed on the piazzetta a cup of beauty was lifted to his lips, and he drank with a sense of disloyalty. The buildings of Venice, like the mountains of Crete and the fields of Egypt, stood in the right place, whereas in poor India everything was placed wrong. He had
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had been ambassador to Edward VI in England in 1547 and later a Bishop). Work on this chapel was delayed after the death of Domenico Bollani and it was still unfinished in 1619, with a poor painting as the altarpiece. Another painting was substituted in 1693, but it was not until 1708 that it
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The façade, initially under the superintendence of Simone Sorella, was not commenced until 1599. The stonemason's contract provided that it was to follow Palladio's model and there were only minor changes. It was completed in 1610.
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The interior of the church is very bright, with massive engaged columns and pilasters on undecorated, white-surfaced walls. The interior combines a long basilican nave with a cruciform plan with transepts.
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Palladio arrived in Venice in 1560, when the refectory of the monastery was being rebuilt. He made great improvements to this and in 1565, was asked to prepare a model for a new church.
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The altars in the transepts were retained by the monks. In the south transept is a painting by Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto of the
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The first church on the island was built about 790, and in 982 the island was given to the Benedictine order by the Doge
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in the classical Renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite the
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The choir appears to have been designed in essentials by Palladio before his death and was built between 1580 and 1589.
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In the Cappella dei Morti (Chapel of the dead) is a painting of the Entombment of Christ, also by Jacopo Tintoretto.
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decoration was controlled by the monks. The chapel to the right of the high altar belonged to the Bollani family (
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The façade is brilliantly white and represents Palladio's solution to the difficulty of adapting a
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on high pedestals. This solution is similar to Palladio's slightly earlier facade for
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there, but in 1223 all the buildings on the island were destroyed by an earthquake.
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relate to the institution of the Eucharist and are placed on either side of the
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by Jacopo & Domenico Tintoretto (above Morosini altar to left of sanctuary)
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Risen Christ and St Andrew with Vincenzo Morosini and members of his family
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mentions San Giorgio Maggiore in the chapter "On Beauty" of his novel
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Palladio's Venice: Architecture and Society in a Renaissance Republic
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The altar to the left of the sanctuary was the responsibility of the
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by Sebastiano Ricci (in Bollani chapel to right of high altar)
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features the church in chapter 516 of his long-running manga
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and forms the focal point of the view from every part of the
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acquired the important work now seen there, which is the
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Western Architecture: From Ancient Greece to the Present
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Interior: The nave, looking east towards the high altar
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decoration of the interior was completed subsequently.
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There are other paintings in the monastery building.
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considering the rebuilding of the church from 1521.
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Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
San Giorgio Maggiore, Naples

45°25′45″N 12°20′36″E / 45.4293°N 12.3433°E / 45.4293; 12.3433
Venice
Italy
Denomination
Catholic
Religious order
Order of St Benedict
Architect(s)
Andrea Palladio
Church
Groundbreaking
Patriarchate of Venice
Benedictine
island of the same name
Venice
Italy
Andrea Palladio
basilica
Piazzetta di San Marco
Riva degli Schiavoni
Tribuno Memmo
monastery

campanile (bell tower)
classical temple
church
nave

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