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VITTORIA, Alessandro: Altar and Altarpiece

🖼 Altar and Altarpiece, 1580-85
Black marble and bronze
Venice, Italy

Marble and gilt bronze architectural elements frame a soaring altarpiece in Venice's Santi Giovanni e Paolo, combining classical orders with sculptural relief. Vittoria's design exemplifies High Renaissance devotional grandeur, establishing the monumental altar as a focal point uniting spiritual and artistic authority in sacred space.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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