Narciso Tomé
Toledo Cathedral • Illustration — The "Transparente". Narciso Tomé (1690–1742) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the late-Baroque or Rococo period. Tomé was born in Toro, Spain.
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Narciso Tomé
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- Born
- 1690
- Died
- 1742
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- architect · sculptor
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Toledo Cathedral • Illustration — The "Transparente". Narciso Tomé (1690–1742) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the late-Baroque or Rococo period. Tomé was born in Toro, Spain.
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Narciso Tomé (1690–1742) was an architect and sculptor, of Spanish nationality. The architect was born in Toro and died in Toledo. Languages used include Spanish.
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In 1721, he was named master of the cathedral of Toledo, for whom he constructed the famous altarwork, the Transparente (1721–1732), and example of the elaborate Spanish Baroque. El Transparente, derives its name from the play of light on the altar, and is several stories high, with fantastic figures of stucco, painting, bronze castings, and multiple colors of marble, a masterpiece of Baroque mixed media by Narciso Tomé enhanced by the daily effect for a few minutes of a shaft of sunlight striking it through an appropriately oriented hole in the roof, giving the impression that the whole altar is rising to heaven.
Fotografia original del 2007. Aquesta actual versió ha millorat aspectes com la llum i la tonalitat, encara les dificultats tècniques al no tractar-se d'una fotografia pròpia.
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1690
Narciso Tomé was born in 1690.
1742
Narciso Tomé died at Toledo.
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Tomé, Narciso, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Tomé, Narciso, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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