# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CORTONA, Pietro da]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary In 1656 Cortona was commissioned to renovate the façade of the Quattrocento church of Santa Maria della Pace and to construct a square in front of it. The broad sweep of this façade contrasts with the convex curve of the porch with piers which occupies the entire breadth of the original church façade. Here <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bramante/1archite/2/tempiet1.html'\)" href="/html/b/bramante/1archite/2/tempiet1.html">Bramante's Tempietto</a> is combined with <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/palladio/4/teatro1.html'\)" href="/html/p/palladio/4/teatro1.html">Palladio's stage</a> from the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. The separation of the façade from the church structure is impressive, and the design of this format was new for its time. The façade was no longer a boundary, it now became an independent plastic entity designed specifically for its context. The picture shows the façade of the church. ## Related artworks - [Age of Bronze]() - [Age of Iron]() - [Apotheose of Aeneas \(detail\)]() - [Augustus and the Sibyl]() - [Ceiling fresco in the Sala di Saturno]() - [Ceiling of the Galleria Pamphilj]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Ceiling painting]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()