"the walls by Paolo Brill. On the other hand, the contemporary frescoes by Antonio Tempesta also depict triumphs: on the right a ""Roman general in a triumph and crowned by winged Victory. On the left, a ""Triumph of Love"". Aurora (Guido Reni) L'Aurora (""The Aurora"") is a large Baroque ceiling fresco painted in 1614 by Guido Reni for the Casino, or garden house, adjacent to the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, in Rome. The work is considered Reni's fresco masterpiece. The casino and the paintings were commissioned by the Cardinal Scipione Borghese, a prominent art patron, and designed by Giorgio Vasanzio and Carlo"
"Vincenzo Scala Vincenzo Scala (Naples, 1839 - after 1893) was an Italian painter. Vincenzo studied at the Institute of Fine Arts of Naples. At the 1872 Milanese Mostra of Fine Arts, he exhibited a landscape: ""Remembrance of the Roman Countryside"" and another canvas, ""La fiera"". In 1880, in Turin he exhibited; ""The 15th of June in Teano"". In 1876, he helped decorate the walls and ceiling of the Palazzo of Baroni Zona in Naples. The large ceiling has a large allegorical composition of landscape with figures. called the ""Dea Aurora"", or also ""dalle dita rosee"" seeing the sunrise effect, in"
"has ceilings frescoed with Minerva and Apollo with the Muses. The Sala di Giunta has ceilings frescoed by Cocchi and two wall canvases respectively depicting Marco Minghetti and Andrea Costa. The ""Sala Rosa"" or ""degli Amori"" has a ceiling frescoed by Girolamo Dalpane with scenes from the ""Decameron"". Four images depict images of famous writers and their respective muses: Tasso and Eleonora; Boccaccio and Fiammetta; Dante and Beatrice; and Petrarch and Laura. In eight ovals are depicted with famous women from Italian history: Giulia Gonzaga, Violante Giustiniani, Ginevra Bentivoglio, Beatrice degli Obizzi, Vittoria Colonna, Maria di Monferrato, Bianca Sforza, and"
"Alessandro Pampurino Alessandro Pampurino (1460-1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter. Pampurino was born, lived and worked in Cremona all his life. Very little is known about his life except through his works and some documentation. He was primarily a fresco painter. He painted the ceiling grisaille on a vault in Casa Maffi, Cremona. It represented the Muses with Apollo. In the lunettes , arranged by pair, are represented profiles heads of the Roman emperors and their respective wives. In the center oculus, an old man, a woman and a boy are depicted looking down. This fresco is an example of"
"In a small ground-floor gallery of the casino, Guercino frescoed a ceiling with his ""Chariot of Aurora"" (1621–1623). It remains one of the most famous painted decors of Rome. His cousin, Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi, was made cardinal in 1645. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: Ludovico Ludovisi Ludovico Ludovisi (22 or 27 October 1595 – 18 November 1632) was an Italian cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an art connoisseur who formed a famous collection of antiquities, housed at the Villa Ludovisi in Rome. Ludovico Ludovisi was born in Bologna, then part of the Papal"
"is considered the Bolognese painter Guido Reni's fresco masterpiece (1614), commonly called ""L'Aurora"". It is surrounded by a painted frame or ""quadro riportato"" and depicts ""Apollo in his Chariot preceded by Dawn (Aurora)"" bringing light to the world. The incorporated heraldic symbols were meant to link Scipione with Apollo. The work is classically restrained and mimics poses from ancient Roman sarcophagi, many of which are part of the museum's collection. The chariot procession, which recalls the Annibale Carracci paintings in the Farnese Gallery in the Farnese Palace, shows even more restraint. There is little concession to perspective, and if anything"
"which the goddess raises the light over the dusk. This ceiling painted in 1876, three years after his success in Vienna with the canvas of ""Piazza of Siena"". Vincenzo Scala Vincenzo Scala (Naples, 1839 - after 1893) was an Italian painter. Vincenzo studied at the Institute of Fine Arts of Naples. At the 1872 Milanese Mostra of Fine Arts, he exhibited a landscape: ""Remembrance of the Roman Countryside"" and another canvas, ""La fiera"". In 1880, in Turin he exhibited; ""The 15th of June in Teano"". In 1876, he helped decorate the walls and ceiling of the Palazzo of Baroni Zona"
"Andrea Pozzo Andrea Pozzo (; Latinized version: ""Andreas Puteus""; 30 November 1642 – 31 August 1709) was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter and architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. Pozzo was best known for his grandiose frescoes using the illusionistic technique called quadratura, in which architecture and fancy are intermixed. His masterpiece is the nave ceiling of the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome. Through his techniques, he became one of the most noteworthy figures of the Baroque period. He is also noted for the architectural plans of Ljubljana Cathedral (1700), inspired by the designs of the Jesuit churches"
"Renaissance domestic decorative schemes based on Greek and Roman mythology, typical of the time. Alessandro Pampurino Alessandro Pampurino (1460-1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter. Pampurino was born, lived and worked in Cremona all his life. Very little is known about his life except through his works and some documentation. He was primarily a fresco painter. He painted the ceiling grisaille on a vault in Casa Maffi, Cremona. It represented the Muses with Apollo. In the lunettes , arranged by pair, are represented profiles heads of the Roman emperors and their respective wives. In the center oculus, an old man, a"
"Andrea Solari Andrea Solari (also Solario) (1460–1524) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Milanese school. He was initially named ""Andre del Gobbo"", but more confusingly as ""Andrea del Bartolo"" a name shared with two other Italian painters, the 14th Century Siennese Andrea di Bartolo, and the 15th Century Florentine Andrea di Bartolo. His paintings can be seen in Venice, Milan, The Louvre and the Château de Gaillon (Normandie, France). One of his better-known paintings is the ""Virgin of the Green Cushion"" (c. 1507) in the Louvre (illustrated here). Solario was born in Milan. He was one of the most"
"fresco of Aurora for the Ludovisi. On the ground floor Del Monte did his alchemical work and chemistry; above, on the ceiling of the studiolo, Caravaggio painted the gods Neptune, Jupiter and Pluto, representing the Elements. ""Apollo"" would have struck the right chord in representing the harmony of the universe, in a place opposite the single window. Already the strength of his painting style was in painting classical subjects from life around him, like the Bacchus in the painting in the Uffizi, their features were sometimes disguised by their contemporary appearance. Since Giordano Bruno had written that it was appropriate"
"of Jesus. Giovanni Battista Gaulli owes a great deal of his success on the ceiling fresco to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Several other artists were considered for the job of painting the ceiling. Gian Paolo Oliva relied on Bernini's opinion when selecting the artist for the ceiling. Bernini is responsible for not only obtaining the commission for Gaulli, but also for inspiring some of the designs. If not for Bernini's illusionistic merging of architecture and sculpture, in the ""Ecstasy of Saint Teresa"" at the Cornaro Chapel in Santa Maria Della Vittoria, Gaulli's ceiling fresco may have turned out quite differently. The"
"Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (1 November 1596/716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations. He was born Pietro Berrettini, but is primarily known by the name of his native town of Cortona in Tuscany. He worked mainly in Rome and Florence. He is best known for his frescoed ceilings such as the vault of the ""salone"" or main salon of the"
"of the premier painters during the papacy of Paul V (Borghese); between 1607–1614, he was one of the painters most patronized by the Borghese family. Reni's frescoed ceiling of the large central hall of the ""Casino dell'Aurora"", located in the grounds of the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, is often considered his fresco masterpiece. The building was originally a pavilion commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese; the rear portion overlooks the Piazza Montecavallo and Palazzo del Quirinale. The massive fresco is framed ""in quadri riportati"" and depicts ""Apollo in his Chariot preceded by Dawn (Aurora) bringing light to the world"". The work is restrained"
"Francesco Lauri Francesco Lauri (1610–1635) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. He was the oldest son of the Flemish painter Balthasar Lauwers (Baltassare Lauri). His father was a landscape painter and pupil of Paul Bril who had emigrated from Antwerp to Milan and then settled in Rome. Francesco's younger brother Fillipo Lauri was also a painter and a pupil of Angelo Caroselli. Francesco was a disciple of his father and of Andrea Sacchi. He is said by Baldinucci to have painted one of the ovals in the ceiling of the Palazzo de' Crescenzi, and"
"Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze or Andrea da Firenze (I) (active 1343 – 1377) was an Italian painter active in Florence. He was probably born in Florence where he was active from 1343. His earliest works suggest that he must have been in close contact with the workshop of Andrea di Cione. Andrea di Bonaiuto is known for his stained glass window of the ""Coronation of Mary"" in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, and his fresco decorations in the Spanish chapel (then called ""Cappellone degli Spagnoli"") of the chapter house there. The central theme"
"brother Angelo Michele helped him complete the decoration of San Bartolomeo in Modena. Jacopo Antonio Mannini Jacopo Antonio Mannini or Giacomo Antonio Manini (Bologna, August 23, 1646 – February 10, 1752) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period. He mainly painted quadratura. He trained first with Andrea Monticelli, then with Domenico Santi. Along with the figure painter, Sigismondo Caula, Mannini painted the ceiling frescoes (1702) of the church of San Barnaba in Modena. The work was restored in 1858. He also painted the ceiling of the Oratory of St Sebastian. He also painted, along with Marcantonio Chiarini, temporary"
"transparency between outdoors and indoors and open onto the big central hall with its ceiling decorated with the ""Aurora"" fresco. The same room holds other beautiful frescoes: the ""Triumph of Fame"" and the ""Triumph of Love"" by Antonio Tempesta, the Cardinal's coat of arms and Cherubino Alberti's putti, the ""Four Seasons"" by Paul Brill, 17th-century marble busts and sculptures from the Roman era, including the famous ""Artemis the Huntress"" and the ""Rospigliosi Athena"". The ceilings of the two side halls are frescoed by Domenico Passignano with the"" Battle between Rinaldo and Armida"" and Giovanni Baglione with the ""Tale of Armida"""
"central oculus portraying a fictional scene. The fresco features exquisite gold and white stucco which frame thematic scenes from antiquity. It has been said that this work was inspired by Andrea Mantegna's well-known earlier ceiling paintings in the Camera Picta. The work still survives today, and the date of the decorations created by Leonbruno are mentioned in a document dating to 1522. Lorenzo Leonbruno Lorenzo Leonbruno (March 10, 1489 - 1537), also known as Lorenzo de Leombeni, was an Italian painter during the early Renaissance period. He was born in Mantua (Mantova), an Italian commune in Lombardy, Italy. Leonbruno is"
"fresco at Ludwigsburg, Passau, Linz, Breslau, Prague, and Vienna. He painted large decorative fresco cycles for palaces in Vienna, Prague and Southern Germany. For example, Carlone is known for painting the ceiling images in the ""Upper Belvedere"" of the Belvedere palace complex. His ""The Glorification of Saints Felix and Adauctus"" (1759–1761) was commissioned for the cupola of the church of ""San Felice del Benaco"" on Lake Garda. He died at Como. As an engraver he has left the following plates, mostly from his own compositions: Carlo Carlone Carlo Innocenzo Carlone or Carloni (1686–March 17, 2018) was an Italian painter and"
"earthquakes. Pio Fabio Paolini Pio Fabio Paolini or Pio Paolini (1620 in Udine – 1692) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He migrated from Udine to Rome to become a pupil of Giovanni Lanfranco. In Rome, his masterwork was a ceiling fresco of ""Hope and Truth"" (1677-1679) for the church of San Carlo al Corso. He was inducted into Academy of San Luca in 1678. After briefly returning to Udine, he relocated to Sicily, where he initially worked in Catania, then in Messina, where he ultimately was buried. Many of his works in Sicily have been damaged by"
"Jacopo Antonio Mannini Jacopo Antonio Mannini or Giacomo Antonio Manini (Bologna, August 23, 1646 – February 10, 1752) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period. He mainly painted quadratura. He trained first with Andrea Monticelli, then with Domenico Santi. Along with the figure painter, Sigismondo Caula, Mannini painted the ceiling frescoes (1702) of the church of San Barnaba in Modena. The work was restored in 1858. He also painted the ceiling of the Oratory of St Sebastian. He also painted, along with Marcantonio Chiarini, temporary decoration for festivities sponsored by the court of the Duke of Modena. His"
"section. In 2014 Bertoldi and his works are cited by the Italian meteorologist and climatologist Luca Mercalli, during the RAI show ""Che tempo che fa"".<br> In May 2016 a cloudscape created for the London Christian Dior's Showroom has been installed, wanted by the architect Peter Marino. Alberto Bertoldi Alberto Bertoldi (Luserna San Giovanni, 29 November 1955) is an Italian painter. Alberto Bertoldi was born in 1955 in Luserna San Giovanni, in Turin area. In his childhood he lives in the mountains of the Canavese and then in Piacenza Apennines. He attends the technical schools and he devotes himself to painting."
"sotto in sù"". This was the prototype of illusionistic ceiling painting that was to become an important element of Italian baroque. Correggio at Parma took the illusionistic ceiling a step farther in his frescoes of Christ and the Apostles for the cupola at the San Giovanni Evangelista and in the ""Assumption of the Virgin"" in the dome of the Cathedral of Parma, which is Correggio's most famous work (1520–24); in these frescos Correggio treats the entire surface as the vast and frameless vault of heaven in which the figures float. In a visual continuity between the architectural interior and its"
"and at the Villa di Poggio Imperiale. Among his pupils were Domenico Bettini, Romolo Panfi, Alessandro Rosi, and Carlo Dolci. Jacopo Vignali Jacopo Vignali (September 5, 1592 – August 3, 1664) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period. Vignali was born in Pratovecchio, near Arezzo, and initially trained under Matteo Rosselli. He painted the ceiling fresco of the ""Love of the Fatherland"" and ""Jacob's dream"" for the Casa Buonarroti in Florence. In 1616 he entered the Accademia del Disegno in Florence. In the 1620s, he painted the ""Investiture of St Benedict"" for the ""Confraternità di San Benedetto Bianco""."
"He painted the fresco medallion on the ceiling at the entry of the Armory in the Royal Palace of Turin. He also painted for the villa Calderara in Vinzago, and frescoed also in the church of Origgio. There are works by him also in Vigevano, Lodi, Malnate, Galliano, and Barzano. He was buried alongside his close friend and colleague, Cherubino Cornienti, who died two days before him. Mauro Conconi Mauro Conconi (December, 1815 – May 14, 1860) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Milan. He was trained in the Brera Academy. The painter Carlo Bellosio invited"
"Luca Signorelli Luca Signorelli (16 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescoes of the ""Last Judgment"" (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece. He was born Luca d'Egidio di Ventura in Cortona, Tuscany (some sources call him Luca da Cortona). The precise date of his birth is uncertain, but birth dates between 1441 and 1445 have been proposed. He died in 1523 in his native Cortona, where he is buried. He was likely between seventy-eight and eighty-two years old. He"
"in the Renaissance, Italian painters of the late Quattrocento such as Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506) and Melozzo da Forlì (1438–1494), began painting illusionistic ceiling paintings, generally in fresco, that employed perspective and techniques such as foreshortening to create the impression of greater space for the viewer below. This type of trompe l'œil illusionism as specifically applied to ceiling paintings is known as ""di sotto in sù"", meaning ""from below, upward"" in Italian. The elements above the viewer are rendered as if viewed from true vanishing point perspective. Well-known examples are the Camera degli Sposi in Mantua and Antonio da Correggio's (1489–1534)"
"Pietro Francesco Ferrante Pietro Francesco Ferranti, also known as ""cavalier Ferrante"" (circa 1612 - 1681) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna. He was apparently a pupil of Giovanni Francesco Gessi. Other sources attribute him a pupil of Guido Reni. He painted a ""St Paul calms the Storm"" (1642) for the choir of San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna. A fresco depicting the ""Miracle of St Anthony of Padua"" painted under the portico of San Francesco in Bologna is attributed to Ferrante. he worked in Piacenza in 1644, where he painted some frescoed angels for the"
"often painted figures for Claude Lorraine. Francesco Lauri Francesco Lauri (1610–1635) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. He was the oldest son of the Flemish painter Balthasar Lauwers (Baltassare Lauri). His father was a landscape painter and pupil of Paul Bril who had emigrated from Antwerp to Milan and then settled in Rome. Francesco's younger brother Fillipo Lauri was also a painter and a pupil of Angelo Caroselli. Francesco was a disciple of his father and of Andrea Sacchi. He is said by Baldinucci to have painted one of the ovals in the ceiling"
"Tommaso Laureti Tommaso Laureti, often called Tommaso Laureti Siciliano (c. 1530 — 22 September 1602), was an Italian painter from Sicily who trained in the atelier of the aged Sebastiano del Piombo and worked in Bologna. From 1582, he worked for papal patrons in Rome in a Michelangelo-inspired style with special skill in illusionistic perspective, that in his Roman work avoided all but traces of Mannerism. Laureti was born in Palermo, Sicily. After his first master's death in 1547, he settled in Bologna, introducing illusionistic perspective paintings on ceilings to the city, notably an ""Alexander the Great"" ceiling with a"
"""Assumption of the Virgin"" that overwhelmed contemporary spectators with its exuberant illusionistic effects and became one of the first high baroque masterpieces. Lanfranco's work in Rome (1613–1630) and in Naples (1634–1646) was fundamental to the development of illusionism in Italy. Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona, developed the illusionistic ceiling fresco to an extraordinary degree in works such as the ceiling (1633–1639) of the ""gran salone"" of Palazzo Barberini. From 1676 to 1679 Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Baciccio, painted an ""Adoration of the Name of Jesus"" on the ceiling of the Church of the Gesù, the Jesuit headquarters in Rome."
"Filippo Gherardi Filippo Gherardi (1643–1704) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Lucca, he was mostly active in Venice and Rome, where he became a member of the large studio of Pietro da Cortona, often working closely with Giovanni Coli. With Coli, Gherardi was initially a trainee of Pietro Paolini in Lucca. One of his masterpieces are the ceiling frescoes in the Palazzo Colonna in Rome, celebrating the participation of a family member in the ""Battle of Lepanto"". In Venice, Coli and Gherardi also completed frescoes (1670–72) of the dome of the church of ""San Nicolò da"