Church in Milan

by Joan Carroll

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Church in Milan

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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Twenty years before Columbus even set foot on the North American continent, Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza commissioned a new church for Milan, Santa Maria presso San Satiro (Saint Mary near Saint Satyrus). He had grand visions but only a small plot of land. The space behind the altar had to be truncated to a depth of only 3 feet because of a busy street behind the church. Not to worry. The Duke hired a painter with talent and vision as big as his own, Donato Bramante. Bramante painted an optical illusion or trompe-l'oiel. Trompe-l'oiel was popular in late renaissance and baroque, but Bramante took the visual deception to an entirely new level. Look down the main aisle of the church and vaulted ceiling behind the altar seems to extend a long way but is in fact only a few feet. This was one of the first examples of trompe-l'oiel in the history of art.

FEATURED PHOTO, Churches group, 6/28/16

FEATURED PHOTO, The Niche group, 6/26/16

Joan carroll, churches, historic, europe, italy, religion, catholic, faith, christianity, beautiful, art, antique, christian, chapel, historical, medieval, architecture, oldest, illusion

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June 7th, 2016

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