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This is first of four altarpieces Barocci delivered for the Oratorians to decorate Chiesa Nuova. It adorned the Chapel of the Visitation and the commission was issued in 1582. This work was reported to evoke a significant response of devotion in…

This is an example of what the map for the publicly-facing Giovanni Garzoni proposal would look like. The interactive map could be displayed on a large scale in a museum. We propose an online or in-person interactive map exhibit displaying the…

The Artist
Giuseppe Recco was born into an intergenerational family workshop of still-life painters in 1634 in Naples [1]. Much of what is known about Giuseppe comes from Bernardo De Dominici’s Vite dei pittori, scultori ed architetti napoletani,…

Ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo in the church of Sant' Ignazio

Ceiling fresco by Pietro da Cortona in Chiesa Nuova

Ceiling fresco by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Apollo within the Palazzo Pitti

Ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista Gaulli in the Chiesa del Gesù

Ceiling painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, originally in the Palazzo Sandi

Ceiling fresco by Domenico Maria Canuti in the Chiesa Santi Domenico e Sisto

Ceiling painting by Paolo Veronese, originally in the Palazzo Ducale