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PORTA, Giacomo della (b. ca. 1533, Genova, d. 1602, Roma) |
Il Gesù: Façade1571Photo Il Gesù, Rome | |
Work on the Jesuits' church in Rome, the Gesù, was begun in 1568 from plans by Vignola, but Giacomo della Porta's design for the façade from 1571 moved in a different stylistic direction. His frontage, with its aediculas, is a classic example of the Counter-Reformation church façade, with broad nave and flanking side chapels. View the ground plan of Il Gesù, Rome. |
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