Santa Susanna

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Santa Susanna

church, Rome, Italy

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Western architecture
Origins and development in Rome
…facade of the church of Santa Susanna. Roman church facades in the late 16th century tended to be either precise, elegant, and papery thin or disjointed, equivocal, and awkwardly massive. Maderno’s Santa Susanna facade is an integrated design in which each element contributes to the central culminating feature. Precision and…
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…facade of the church of Santa Susanna. Roman church facades in the late 16th century tended to be either precise, elegant, and papery thin or disjointed, equivocal, and awkwardly massive. Maderno’s Santa Susanna facade is an integrated design in which each element contributes to the central culminating feature. Precision and…
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