Ceiling Fresco, Il Gesù

@Margie: A magnificent sample of Baroque illusionist painting, indeed! :)

@Ina: Thanks, Ina! This was the celing that impressed me the most when I was in Rome.

@Michael Skorulski: The spatial experience is quite surprising, if you're standing there i looks so real!

@Hoopand: Yes, this effect is great! Fortunately they provided many lamps below the ceiling, so every detail was visible.

@Observing: Thanks, Mike! The visual effect of that fresco is indeed overwhelming. A must-see when you're in Rome.

@drphoto: Definitely! It's even difficult to tell the stucco elements from the painting.

@Japanalia: I think that effect was intended, additionally it's a painted statement of the claim to power of the Society of Jesus. Anyway, it's simply overwhelming watching that fresco and you can't tell the stucco elements from the painting. It's a perfect illusion of an open sky.

@Twelvebit: One doesn't need to have religious feels about that 'uplifting' effect: this was intended by the maker. If you look at that painting you really think that these clouds are hovering somewhere between ceiling and painted sky; some of these figures are stucco, some are not, and you won't be able to tell the one from the other. They knew how to intrigue people!

@Michael: Ja. Wenn in Rom: gucken und staunen!