The ceiling gives the impression of a high and vaulted decorated with statues and populated with flying figures.
In reality the roof is flat.
Pozzo gave the ceiling an illusion of height using anamorphic techniques.
The fake dome and vaulted ceiling of Church of St. Ignatius in Rome.
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Further up on the floor of the nave, is another marker.
Standing on this, an observer can see a beautiful, ribbed cupola that doesn’t exist.
Although the Jesuits got the marchesa’s land, they did not have the money for building the church.
The Church of St. Ignatius.
When the Church of St. Ignatius was consecrated, it had bare ceilings.
The dome when viewed from directly underneath.
The interiors and architectural details of the Church of St. Ignatius.
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Thetrompe-l’ilceiling of the Jesuit Church Vienna with its fake dome.
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