Tempora currunt sed modus restat: identity of one costumer

Architecture and his costumer is always very much characteristic of one architect, and style is evident to many works, we can identify Borromini, Bernini, Michael Angel and other. We should consider that it is very rare identify a costumer through style of a built; it is very anomalous to identity of art history, because one costumer we can identify to documents or literature, this is ancient guide and other; but identify a costumer without documents and alone to style is complex; but in Sermoneta it is possible because the style is same for many centuries: we must consider that first caetanea church this is Saint Joseph(Figs.1-2) with lozenges on sides and tympanum on center, we can consider that it is style of 16^th century, this is 1525, when this church was erected from Caetani family; and opinion and judgement about style is very right because this rational stile is connate to century, but to use, after centuries, same style is very anomalous; in fact other two churches of family of Caetani were erected during 1685 or restored during  of 18^th century, these are Saint Annunciata(Figs.7-10) and Saint Mary of Fossato on year 1685(Figs.3-6). We can see same style of Saint Joseph, same lozenges and same tympanum, that isn’t to Saint Mary of Fossato, but it is on high side of façade, and intern is same unique ship(Figs.2,5-6), as Saint Joseph and Saint Annunciata. This is very meaningfull because through this style we can identify costumer and repetition of these style of costumer. It isn’t determined from preference of costumer, because style has changed, Borromini and Baroque and other styles have rose and architecture used and mixed it to façade; then it is an reference to Caetani, this style is Caetani style.  

Alessandro Lusana  

    

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