Narciso Tomé (1690–1742) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the late- Baroque or

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period. Tomé was born in

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. With his brother,

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, he sculpted the facade of the

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in 1715. In 1721, he was named master of the

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, 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,

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, bronze castings, and multiple colors of

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, 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.

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1690 births 1742 deaths Spanish Baroque architects Spanish Baroque sculptors Spanish male sculptors 18th-century Spanish sculptors 18th-century Spanish male artists Rococo architects Rococo sculptors {{Spain-architect-stub