Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (English spelling)

…The façade, which also shows strong concave and convex movements, is well known, but this was the work of his final years and was completed after his death. His next work, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, a chapel for the University of Rome at the time, was a development of the same style, and its fantastical space shows the highest state he had reached, but at the same time, it is important to note that every part of the building is filled with allegory, as shown by the spiral turret at the top of the dome, which symbolizes "wisdom." Supported by his enthusiastic supporters, he took on many jobs for financially poor monastic orders, and during the reign of Pope Innocent X, he was patronized by them and undertook projects such as the renovation of the Basilica of St. John in Laterano (1646-50). …

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…同じく凹凸の強い動きを見せるファサードはよく知られているが，しかしこれは彼の最晩年の工事で，没後完成したものである。ついで手がけた当時のローマ大学の付属礼拝堂，サンティーボ･アラ･サピエンツァSant’Ivo alla Sapienzaは同様な方法の発展であり，その幻想的な空間は彼の達した最高の境地を物語るものであるが，同時に，ドーム頂上の〈知恵〉を象徴する螺旋状の小塔にも示されるように，建物のあらゆる部分が寓意に満たされていることも見のがせない。彼は熱烈な支持者に支えられて財政的に豊かでない修道会の仕事を多く引き受けたが，教皇インノケンティウス10世在位のあいだは，その引立てでサン･ジョバンニ･イン･ラテラノ大聖堂の改修(1646‐50)のような工事を引き受けている。…

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