{"id":7340,"date":"2014-07-01T12:13:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T10:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2014-09-07T18:25:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T16:25:56","slug":"art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/","title":{"rendered":"Art pleasures out of the tourist hotspots: the Royal Chapel of Saint Joseph in Turin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7340 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5123\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5123-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7341\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7341'>\n\t\t\t\tChurch of Saint Teresa, Turin, 2014.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5129\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5129-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7343\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7343'>\n\t\t\t\tConfessional, XVI cent., Church of Saint Teresa, Turin.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5125\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5125-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7342\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7342'>\n\t\t\t\tConfessional, XVI cent., Church of Saint Teresa, Turin. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5177\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5177-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7354\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7354'>\n\t\t\t\tFilippo Juvarra, Royal Chapel of Saint Joseph, 1733 &#8211; 1736, Church of Saint Teresa, Turin. On the vault, freosces by Corrado Giaquinto.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5179\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5179-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7355\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7355'>\n\t\t\t\tFilippo Juvarra, Royal Chapel of Saint Joseph, 1733 &#8211; 1736, Church of Saint Teresa, Turin.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5146\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5146-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7346\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7346'>\n\t\t\t\tSimone Martinez, Glory of Saint Joseph, 1736.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5163\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5163-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7349\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7349'>\n\t\t\t\tFilippo Piffetti, door of Royal Chapel of Saint Joseph, 1745; ivory, mother-of-pearl and woods. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5170\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5170-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7350'>\n\t\t\t\tFilippo Piffetti, door of Royal Chapel of Saint Joseph, 1745; ivory, mother-of-pearl and woods. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/07\/01\/art-pleasures-out-of-the-tourist-hotspots-the-royal-chapel-of-saint-joseph-in-turin\/dsc_5155\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_5155-322x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7348\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7348'>\n\t\t\t\tFilippo Piffetti, door of Royal Chapel of Saint Joseph, 1745; ivory, mother-of-pearl and woods. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Church of Saint Teresa of the Discalced Carmelites is a hidden treasure in the city of Turin. Built in the XVII century by the Discalced Carmelites \u2013 the monastic order re-formed in 1593 by the spanish Saint Teresa of <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00c0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">vila and Saint John of the Cross \u2013, the Church hosts the relics of Madama Reale Cristina di Francia, who had indeed commissioned this building. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Despite part of the chapels are currently under restoration, it is nonetheless possible to appreciate some of the elements which, in our opinion, characterize this church: the six engraved confessionals from the 16<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"> century, the two carved doors in ivory, mother-of-pearl and select woods by cabinet maker Pietro Piffetti (1745) as well as the altar piece representing the Holy Family by Sebastiano Conca (1730-32), placed in the Altar of the Holy Family and the Royal Chapel of Saint Joseph, both of them designed by architect Filippo Juvarra from Messina. This latter in particular, located at the head of the transept, was commissioned by Carlo Emanuele III \u2013 according to the will of his second wife Polissena d&#8217;Assia \u2013 and erected between <\/span>1733 and 1736.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The whole chapel, characterized by precious marble and gold, as to highlight the royal commission, is dominated by the impressive sculpted group of the Glory of Saint Joseph, realized in 1736 by the nephew of Juvarra, the sculptor Simone Martinez. The group of sculptures proudly stands within the oval-shaped niche, while on the walls and on the vault we find freosces by Corrado Giaquinto \u2013pupil of Sebastiano Conca \u2013 representing events of the life and death of Saint Joseph, including the Assumption and the Flight into Egypt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Church of Saint Teresa of the Discalced Carmelites is a hidden treasure in the city of Turin. 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