San Domenico, Cingoli

Last updated November 16, 2019

San Domenico is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church and convent located on via Piazzale Mestica in the town of Cingoli, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy.

Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired surprise and awe. It reached its peak in the High Baroque (1625–1675), when it was used in churches and palaces in Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, and Austria. In the Late Baroque period (1675–1750), it reached as far as Russia and the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Beginning in about 1730, an even more elaborately decorative variant called Rococo appeared and flourished in Central Europe.

Cingoli is a town and comune of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about 27 kilometres (17 mi) by road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII.

Marche or the Marches is one of the twenty regions of Italy. The name of the region derives from the plural name of marca, originally referring to the medieval March of Ancona and nearby marches of Camerino and Fermo. Marche is well known for its shoemaking tradition, with the finest and most luxurious Italian footwear being manufactured in this region.

History

Madonna del Rosario by Lorenzo Lotto, with numerous small scenes of the life of Mary and Jesus that are recalled by the prayers of the Rosary. 13275-madonna-of-the-rosary-lorenzo-lotto.jpg — *Madonna del Rosario* by Lorenzo Lotto, with numerous small scenes of the life of Mary and Jesus that are recalled by the prayers of the Rosary.

The convent of the Dominican order is documented since the 13th century; its buildings have undergone many reconstructions. The church has a single nave with a semicircular apse. In the 16th century, seven chapels, patronized by local aristocracy were added, as well as the bell tower.

In 1727, the former church was razed, and a new Baroque style building was erected by the architects Arcangelo Vici, and his son Andrea. The nave has an oval layout with niches at the four corners. The main altar shelters the Madonna del Rosario painted by Lorenzo Lotto, and commissioned in 1539 by the local Confraternity of Rosary.^[1]

Andrea Vici was an Italian architect and engineer, active in a Neoclassical style. He was a pupil of Luigi Vanvitelli, and active in the Papal States comprising parts of Lazio, Umbria, and Marche.

Lorenzo Lotto Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator

Lorenzo Lotto was an Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other North Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits. He was active during the High Renaissance and the first half of the Mannerist period, but his work maintained a generally similar High Renaissance style throughout his career, although his nervous and eccentric posings and distortions represented a transitional stage to the Florentine and Roman Mannerists.

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References

↑ Tourism office of Macerata, by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Provincia di Macerata, entry on the church.

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[1] Tourism office of Macerata, by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Provincia di Macerata, entry on the church.