Painted Ceiling of the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Painted Ceiling of the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Painted ceiling at the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius, Rome.
The Church of Saint Ignatius is one of this buildings you can easily miss in Rome, surrounded with so many splendid constructions. The treasure, however, hides inside.
Andrea Pozzo's fresco across the ceiling of the Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio is a "trompe l’oeil" (an art technique to create the optical illusion of three dimensions) on a curved ceiling that turns a barrel vault into an endless square opening towards the heavenly skies. There is a marble disc on the floor so that visitors know exactly where to stand so as to get the full effect of the deceptive illusions. walking there and looking up is simply awe-striking.
The painting, full of little stories, shows Jesus in heaven shedding his light on Saint ignatius, who then spreads it to the four continents known at the time and represented by women riding a horse, a camel, a crocodile and a leopard. The light of God is also reflected towards the observer by means of a mirror engraved with the trigram of the IHS of Christ.
Andrea Pozzo was best known for his grandiose frescoes using the technique of quadratura to create an illusion of three-dimensional space on flat surfaces. This is considered his masterpiece and it set a standard for forced perspective in the Late Baroque style.
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February 22nd, 2019
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