03 — ARTWORK
San Rocco: Façade
MACCARUZZI, Bernardino · 1771 →
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The renovation of the 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. of the church of San Rocco was the most important commission of Bernardino Maccaruzzi's career. In 1756 an architectural competition had been promoted by the Scuola of San Rocco for which Giorgio Fossati submitted the best design that was accepted in 1757. However, later it was overturned, Bernardino Maccaruzzi received the commission and he worked on the building along totally different lines from 1765 until 1771. The resulting work, completed late in the century, is deeply rooted in 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. language and full of theatrical taste in its decoration.
OTHER WORKS BY BERNARDINO MACCARUZZI
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title = {San Rocco: Façade by MACCARUZZI, Bernardino},
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date = {2026-09-14},
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