Open AccessThe perspective transformation in illusionistic ceiling painting of late Baroque
Author(s) -
Witold Szymański,
Maurycy J. Kin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
teka komisji architektury, urbanistyki i studiów krajobrazowych
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1895-3980
DOI - 10.35784/teka.899
Subject(s) - baroque , painting , perspective (graphical) , ceiling (cloud) , vault (architecture) , phenomenon , representation (politics) , work (physics) , art , visual arts , art history , epistemology , philosophy , engineering , politics , law , political science , mechanical engineering , structural engineering
The following work has shown the analyses carried out in order to clarify facts necessary to understand the phenomenon of the perspective representation in the works of art in Renaissanse and late Baroque. A lot of misunderstandings have arisen on the grounds of critical work made by many theoreticians and art historians. The aim of this work was to stipulate the reasons for the conceptual and methodological fallacies. Having evaluated the methods used by illusionistic ceiling painters of late Baroque, it was possible to conduct some geometric analyses of the paintings placed on the vault of the Leopoldine Hall at the University of Wrocław.