In this compelling photographic journey Arthur Becker captures the intensity and power of the ceiling frescoes of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Vividly presented here in all of their diversity and splendour, these illusionistic ceilings, mainly located in the churches and palaces of 16th to early 18th century Italy but also found in Austria, Germany, and Spain, are revealed as dazzling examples of Italian artistic imagination by some of the major figures of the period, including Mantegna, Melozzo da Forlì, Michelangelo, Correggio, Tintoretto, the Carracci, Caravaggio, Guercino, Guido Reni, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Andrea Pozzo, Sebastiano Ricci, and the Tiepolo dynasty. <\/p>\n
These images, many of which represent turning-points in the history of art, are accompanied by an in-depth introductory essay placing them in context by the art and architectural historian Daniel Sherer, who teaches at the Princeton University School of Architecture, concise descriptions by Brian Kish, a well-known expert on Italian art and design, and a postface by Martin Kemp, the renowned scholar of Renaissance and Baroque art and science of Oxford University. Bringing together in one place these remarkable frescoes for the first time, this book will be indispensable for art historians, connoisseurs of photography, and all those interested in Renaissance and Baroque art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this compelling photographic journey Arthur Becker captures the intensity and power of the ceiling frescoes of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Introduction 5
\nThe Imagination of Heaven 6
\nPicturing Heaven: Photographs of 10
\nIllusionistic Ceiling Frescoes
\nDaniel Sherer
\nTimeline: 1300–1800 20
\nDivine Presence 26
\nLux Divina 31
\nPainted Illumination 41
\nGlorification 48
\nGesture 54
\nIcons, Emotions, and Stories 59
\nSpirits and Souls 87
\nElements of Illusion 112
\nTrompe l’Oeil 118
\nQuadratura 125
\nDi Sotto in Sù 142
\nBel Composto 157
\nCelestial Visions 166
\nPostscript 202
\nAcknowledgments 202
\nBiographical Notes 203
\nIndex 204
\nImage Credits 206<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79370,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-66543","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-art","author-by-author-arthur-becker","author-by-author-brian-kish","author-by-author-dan-sherer","author-by-author-martin-kemp","publisher-oro-editions","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n