I had the opportunity to see Andrea Pozzo’s The Glorification of Saint Ignatius in person in 2003. If you are ever in Rome and it’s available for a tour I highly recommend it. We spent more time looking at this than the Sistine Chapel, and it had 1/10th the number of visitors. The photos are great but seeing the actual work is for lack of a better term, a bit mind blowing.
Absolutely agree! Seeing it in person is a total game changer. Photos just can’t capture that jaw-dropping illusion or the way the ceiling seems to disappear into infinity. Definitely one of Rome’s most underrated treasures.
This is a beautifully worded thought. Sam's last book was "The Mirror, the Window and the Telescope How Renaissance Perspective Changed Our Vision of the Universe" is about the importance of this subject.
Brilliant! Many thanks!
So happy that you enjoyed!
I had the opportunity to see Andrea Pozzo’s The Glorification of Saint Ignatius in person in 2003. If you are ever in Rome and it’s available for a tour I highly recommend it. We spent more time looking at this than the Sistine Chapel, and it had 1/10th the number of visitors. The photos are great but seeing the actual work is for lack of a better term, a bit mind blowing.
Absolutely agree! Seeing it in person is a total game changer. Photos just can’t capture that jaw-dropping illusion or the way the ceiling seems to disappear into infinity. Definitely one of Rome’s most underrated treasures.
From linear perspective to the moon, is something Sam Edgerton might have said.
You really can trace the arc from Renaissance perspective to modern space exploration like it was one continuous line of sight.
This is a beautifully worded thought. Sam's last book was "The Mirror, the Window and the Telescope How Renaissance Perspective Changed Our Vision of the Universe" is about the importance of this subject.
This one is going to take me some time. 😂