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‘The works of Borromini and Guarini, both of who were from the north of Italy, are characterized by their inventive transformations* of the established vocabulary of space, light, and architectural elements in order to increase the content of their work work (Figure 73).**

Borromini's works, composed of fluid*** and active concave & convex masses & surfaces (S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome (1634-61[ce]), contain] spaces that are intricate geometrically[-]derived irregular**** ovals, octagons# or hexagons (S. Ivo della Sapienza, Rome (1642-60[ce]). His late palace facade for the Callegia di Propaganda Fide (1646-67; College of the Propagation of the Faith) in Rome was a bold and rigorous essay that become a major source for Rococo architects in the early years of the succeeding century.

S. Lorenzo in Turin (1668[ce] and the Palazzo Carignano, Turin (1679[ce]), with their swelling curvilinear forms,#* terra-cotta construction, exposed structural members, and intricate spatial compositions, show Guarini's relation to Borromini as well as significant developments in the relationship between structure and light.

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