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Church of Santa Prisca y San Sebastián

church, Taxco, Mexico
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  • Jerónimo de Balbás

    …the gilded altar in the Church of Santa Prisca y San Sebastián in the mining town of Taxco, constructed in the 1750s, which epitomizes the Churrigueresque style. For this altar, Isidoro elaborated on his father’s style by having vegetal decoration cascade from the estípites, which also support tiny figures of…

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    …the gilded altar in the Church of Santa Prisca y San Sebastián in the mining town of Taxco, constructed in the 1750s, which epitomizes the Churrigueresque style. For this altar, Isidoro elaborated on his father’s style by having vegetal decoration cascade from the estípites, which also support tiny figures of…

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