Quadro Riportato — A ceiling fresco made to look like framed easel paintings that have been attached to the vault with figures appearing to be viewed at normal eye level. The Farnese ceiling (c. 1597 1600) in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, and Guido Reni s Aurora… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
quadro riportato — The simulation of a wall painting for a ceiling design in which a painted scene is produced in a panel resembling a composition on the surface of a shallow, curved vault. The plural form is quadri riportati. Also see mural and fresco … Glossary of Art Terms
Odoardo Farnese (cardinal) — Portrait by Annibale Caracci. Odoardo Farnese (6 December 1573 – 21 February 1626) was an Italian nobleman, the second son of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Maria of Portugal, known for his patronage of the arts. He became a Cardinal of… … Wikipedia
José Jiménez Donoso — Visión de San Francisco de Paula. José Jiménez Donoso, o Ximénez Donoso, (Consuegra, c. 1632 Madrid, 14 de septiembre de 1690) fue una importante figura del arte barroco madrileño en la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, y exponente de una generación… … Wikipedia Español
Santa Maria in Vallicella — Chiesa Nuova after restoration (2006). Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele. It is the principal church of the Oratorians, a… … Wikipedia
Carracci, Annibale — (1560 1609) Annibale Carracci, his brother Agostino, and cousin Ludovico were responsible for effecting the Carracci Reform. Of the three, Annibale was the one to achieve the greatest recognition for having brought art back to the classicism… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
Farnese ceiling, Palazzo Farnese, Rome — (c. 1597 1600) Commissioned by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese from Annibale Carracci for his newly built Palazzo Farnese in Rome. The subject of the Farnese ceiling is the loves of the gods, the inspiration for its overall arrangement being… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
