Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Gallery of Tapestries: Painted Ceiling 2
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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20-May-19
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Italy , Vatican City , Rome , Vatican Museums , Musei Vaticani , Art Museums , Sacred Art , Church Art , Greek Antiquities , Roman Antiquities , Gallery of Tapestries , Galleria Degli Arazzi , Painted Ceilings , Trompe L'oeil , Optical Illusions
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Painted ceiling inside in the Gallery of Tapestries (Galleria degli Arazzi), which is part of the Vatican Museums. These are public museums that display about 20,000 of 70K works collected by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries. The museums were founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century. Only the Louvre in France receives more annual visitors than the Vatican Museums. The museums consist of 24 galleries, with the Sistine Chapel being the last room visited. The remarkable ceiling of the Gallery of Tapestries is flat, but was painted by 18th century artists to look like sculpted reliefs have been mounted to it. The modern term for this technique is trompe l'oeil, or optical illusion.
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