I Gesuati
Santa Maria del Rosario (St. Mary of the Rosary), commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th-century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy.
The classical-style building has a well-lit interior and is exceptional in preserving its original layout and Rococo decoration intact. The construction began in 1725, the church was consecrated in 1743, and the last sculptural decoration was in place by 1755.
It was designed by Giorgio Massari (1687 – 1766), an Italian late-Baroque architect from Venice, who was responsible not only for the building itself but also for its interior fittings and decoration and for commissioning the paintings and sculpture. He did not attempt too original a building, thinking that he could best please his patrons by a design based on those of his famous predecessors, in particular Palladio, whose two churches of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore were within sight of the new church. The facade of the church was derived from the central portion of the facade of San Giorgio Maggiore, while the basic idea for the interior came from the Redentore.
I Gesuati
Santa Maria del Rosario (St. Mary of the Rosary), commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th-century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy.
The classical-style building has a well-lit interior and is exceptional in preserving its original layout and Rococo decoration intact. The construction began in 1725, the church was consecrated in 1743, and the last sculptural decoration was in place by 1755.
It was designed by Giorgio Massari (1687 – 1766), an Italian late-Baroque architect from Venice, who was responsible not only for the building itself but also for its interior fittings and decoration and for commissioning the paintings and sculpture. He did not attempt too original a building, thinking that he could best please his patrons by a design based on those of his famous predecessors, in particular Palladio, whose two churches of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore were within sight of the new church. The facade of the church was derived from the central portion of the facade of San Giorgio Maggiore, while the basic idea for the interior came from the Redentore.