Towarzystwo Naukowe <Lublin> [Hrsg.]: Roczniki Humanistyczne: Historia Sztuki = History of art = Histoire de l'art (50, Zesyt Specjalny.2002)

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dead are quoted. They are represented there by means of scenes in which the virtues
are manifested and as personifications;
6. the tombstones that are part of architectonie divisions of the chapels in the architect’s
intention were supposed to create the impression that they are the décoration of the
whole walls; their form refers to occasional décorations, e.g. for the occasion of a
burial; this was due to the fact that only the appearance of an impermanent décoration
allowed one to circumvent the ban on raising constant tomb monuments for lay people
that was in force in Jesuit churches;
7. the décoration of St Vincent and St Anastasius church in Rome prepared for the
exequies of Cardinal Mazarini in 1661, probably designed by Giovani Francesco
Grimaldi according to Elpidio Benedetti’s idea, was probably the immédiate inspiration
for both the discussed tombstones.

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