Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Sant'Andrea della Valle, Glory of the Virgin fresco | 1625–27 | Rome, Latium, Italy | Lanfranco's masterpiece Assumption of the Virgin was inspired by Correggio's Proto-Baroque dome-fresco depicting the same theme, which was executed between 1526 and 1530 in Parma Cathedral. The vortex of figures is unique in the art of 17th-century Rome. |
Church of St. Ignatius, Triumph of St. Ignatius ceiling fresco | 1691–94 | Rome, Latium, Italy | Painted on the flat ceiling, Pozzo's quadratura extends real architectural space into open sky, where the apotheosis of St. Ignatius takes the central role. |
Galleria del Legato | First half of the 18th century | Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | Although not very well known to the public, it is a fundamental example of Bolognese prospective quadratura. Painted illusionistic architecture displays columns and pillars which stand on false parapets or balustrades. The trompe l'oeil effect is extremely convincing and gives the impression of resting on a genuine plaster cornice. |
Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes | 1731Refectory, Premonstratensian Monastery, Hradisko u Olomouce | Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic | |
Illusionistic dome | 1750Nave ceiling, Church of St. George in Purga Lepoglavska | Purga Lepoglavska, North-West Croatia, Croatia | Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
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Illusionistic dome | 1750Nave ceiling, Church of St. George in Purga Lepoglavska | | | Pauline Monk and a Man (Confession?) | 1750Presbytery (left, north, wall), Church of St. George in Purga Lepoglavska | | | |
Spada Palace, The Perspective Corridor | 1652–53 | Rome, Latium, Italy | Only by walking through the perspective do we realise the deceptive optical effect produced by Borromini: the mosaic floor is placed on a slope, so as one proceeds towards the end part of the vault it is lower, and the distance between the columns is reduced both in depth and in width. |