03 — ARTWORK
San Marcello al Corso: Façade
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This church is dedicated to Pope Marcellus (308-9). The present façadethe front or principal face of a building, especially one elaborately constructed; a blind façade is a façade that is purely decorative and does not relate to the structure of the building. was designed by Carlo Fontana and built between 1682 and 1686. The church was then judged to be finished, and finally consecrated in 1592. The curved (concave) late BaroqueThe period in art history from about 1600 to about 1750. In this sense the term covers a wide range of styles and artists. In painting and sculpture there were three main forms of Baroque: (1) sumptuous display, a style associated with the Catholic Counter Reformation and the absolutist courts of Europe (Bernini, Rubens); (2) dramatic realism (Caravaggio); and (3) everyday realism, a development seen in particular in Holland (Rembrandt, Vermeer). In architecture, there was an emphasis on expressiveness and grandeur, achieved through scale, the dramatic use of light and shadow, and increasingly elaborate decoration. In a more limited sense the term Baroque often refers to the first of these categories. The development of the Baroque reflects the period's religious tensions (Catholic versus Protestant); a new and more expansive world view based on science and exploration; and the growth of absolutist monarchies. façade is considered one of the finest works of Fontana.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {San Marcello al Corso: Façade by FONTANA, Carlo},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-carlo-r7c759a5b5022f1/san-marcello-al-corso-faade-raf86038d5eb41d},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
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