088. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Rome, Italy. Francesco Borromini (architect). 1638- 1646 CE Stone and Stucco

• Form
  • -Named because it is on a street intersection in Rome with four fountains.
  • -Exterior
    • Unusually small site
    • The building is designed with alternating convex and concave pattern and undulating volumes in both the ground plan and on the facade.
    • The facade is higher than the rest of the building
  • Interior
    • The interior side chapels merge into a central space
    • The interior dome is oval shaped and coffered
    • The dome has an interconnection of different shapes that fit together seamlessly; they illustrate the Baroque admiration for multiplicity that resolves into a unified space
    • The walls are treated sculpturally; Baroque drama and complexity is shown
    • Borromini worked in shades of white, avoiding the colors ussed in many other Baroque buildings.
• Function
  • It was built as part of a complex of monastic buildings for the Spanish Trinitarians, an order of religion dedicated to freeing Christian Slaves.
• Content
  • Sculptures of Trinitarian saints are placed on the facade
  • Medallion on facade once held a fresco of the Trinity.
  • Borromini worked on the building for free, giving him more artistic license