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The Scala Regia is a flight of steps in the Vatican City and is part of the formal entrance to he Vatican. Built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the site for the stairs is a comparatively narrow sliver of land between church and place. The Awkward shape with irregular converging walls adds artificial depth to the stairway from certain angles.
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Arch 102. Professor Adriana Celler
Fall 2014
Bernini's Scala Regia is the paradigm of the Baroque aesthetic; combining art, architecture, sculpture and decoration in the connection between the palace and St. Peter's basilica. The monument also encapsulates the essence of Bernini's working procedure as architect and designer as well as his creative response to both structural challenges and iconographic concerns.
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Arch 102. Professor Adriana Celler
Fall 2014
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