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An architectural milestone, the Gesù
(mother church) was the first Jesuit Church to be built in Rome between 1568 and 1584
by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and
Giacomo della Porta. The
Baroque styled Gesù has no
narthex at the front of the church, a large extended
nave for the congregation to worship, no side
aisle's (a series of chapels instead)
and a short transept occupied by large altars.
The silver lining of the Gesù is the
ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista Gaulli
who created a masterpiece Quadratura combining
stucco statues (located on the windows) blended with paint and shadows
across the heavens. The clouds surrounding the edge of the fresco look like they are floating below the ceiling creating a
gorgeous di sotto in su that is breathtaking to
behold while gazing upwards.
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Rome - Jesuit Church of the Gesù
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