Chiesa di Santa Maria Mater Domini
Santa Maria Mater Domini is a Catholic church in Renaissance style, and it is closely tied to Venice’s 16th-century building boom. The present church dates to 1502, when Mauro Codussi—one of the city’s most influential Renaissance architects—shapes the interior design. Before that, a church stood on the same site as early as the 10th century, giving the place a long religious footprint. Even within today’s building, credit is shared across major names. The façade is attributed to Jacopo Sansovino, while the interior’s authorship is sometimes linked to Pietro Lombardo, Mauro Codussi, or Giovanni Buora. Inside, the artistic programme anchors the church in Venetian painting: the right altar’s Vision of St Catherine the Martyr is by Vincenzo Catena, and the Transfiguration is associated with Francesco Bissolo. …
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