03 — ARTWORK
Santa Maria Derelitti: Façade (detail)
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- Other
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
The ponderous, dark, and monstrous 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. is indecipherable in its appearance of grotesque deformity and distorted games, tightly closed in, yet evading the observer, as obsessive as a nightmare. The derision of the <a onclick="return OpenOther('/html/d/de_corte/osped1.html')" href="/html/d/de_corte/osped1.html">monstrous masks</a> on the dadoes of the pilasters of the first order, the absurd strength of the four <a onclick="return OpenOther('/html/d/de_corte/osped2.html')" href="/html/d/de_corte/osped2.html">gigantic telamons,</a> the ironically exaggerated cornices, the invisible cartoucheAn ornate painted panel on which an inscription can be written. on the attic, and the four poised statues are more hinted at than truly seen.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Santa Maria Derelitti: Façade (detail) by LONGHENA, Baldassare},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhena-baldassare-rb2f5247c581f50/santa-maria-derelitti-faade-detail-re6e95d2c8f1fa3},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
