Illusionistic ceiling painting (redirect from Quadratura) painting, which includes the techniques of perspective di sotto in sù and quadratura, is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which trompe-l'œil... 10 KB (1,116 words) - 04:06, 4 February 2024 |
Christiaan Huygens (section Theoremata de Quadratura) his private notebooks. Huygens's first publication was Theoremata de Quadratura Hyperboles, Ellipsis et Circuli (Theorems on the quadrature of the hyperbola... 134 KB (14,062 words) - 19:04, 8 April 2024 |
Trompe-l'œil (section Quadratura) used by painters to "open up" the space of a wall or ceiling is known as quadratura. Examples include Pietro da Cortona's Allegory of Divine Providence in... 29 KB (3,016 words) - 02:53, 18 February 2024 |
more dramatic. The interior effects were often achieved with the use of quadratura (i.e. trompe-l'œil painting combined with sculpture): the eye is drawn... 57 KB (6,032 words) - 12:36, 30 April 2024 |
of looking up at heaven. Another feature of Baroque churches are the quadratura; trompe-l'œil paintings on the ceiling in stucco frames, either real or... 145 KB (17,479 words) - 00:43, 25 April 2024 |