Seeing the shroud: Guarini's reliquary chapel in Turin and the ostension of a dynastic relic.

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: December 1, 1995| Author: Scott, John Beldon | Copyright information

Guarini's domed, centrally planned chapel of the Holy Shroud (1657-94) towers over the cathedral of S. Giovanni in Turin, architecturally announcing to visitors standing in the piazza the extraordinary importance of the relic it contains (Fig. 1). In plan, the chapel embraces the entire east end of the church. The cathedral side aisles terminate in stairs flanking the choir and leading to the elevated chapel rotunda [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 2 OMITTED]. Seventeenth-century pilgrims, t...

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