03 — ARTWORK
San Stae: Façade
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COMMENTARY
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For the important 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. church of Sant'Eustachio, usually called San Stae, the architect created a 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. that is both rigorous and exuberant, combining the noble Palladian severity of four half-columns and triangular pedimenta gable supported actually or apparently on columns. with sculptural decorations and a striking portala doorway. A portal recessed in several steps was frequently used in Romanesque architecture; this meant that the often relatively small entrance was given considerable emphasis on the façade.. The elevation abounds with plastic decoration which to some extent interrupts the linearity of the design, especially in the broken tympanumIn classical architecture, the triangular area enclosed by a pediment, often decorated with sculptures. In medieval architecture, the semi-circular area over a a door's lintel, enclosed by an arch, often decorated with sculptures or mosaics. over the main entrance portal. This clutter a structure that would otherwise be quite simple. In many specific respects, though, the architect has learned from Palladio, and his edifice descends from the sixteenth-century tradition, obviously watered down by later experience and trends in taste.
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title = {San Stae: Façade by ROSSI, Domenico},
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date = {2026-09-12},
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