# View of the Sala Terreno [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIOVANNI DA SAN GIOVANNI]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Giovanni da San Giovanni was commissioned in 1635 to decorate this room commonly named after him The stucco ornaments are actually painted, but evoke a sense of opulence and wealth. The particular stylistic characteristics of Giovanni da San Giovanni's painting are his extremely elegant drawing, creative fantasy, skill in organizing the scenes in a theatrical manner, fine handling of the lighter tones, and the originality of the play of light from below upwards that lend his frescoes a charm that is almost eighteenth-century. ## Related artworks - [Aurora and Tithonus \(detail\)]() - [Aurora and Tithonus]() - [Ceiling centre]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Fame Showing the Wandering Philosophers to Tuscany and Munificence]() - [Venus Combing Cupid's Hair]() - [View of the apse and choir]() - [View of the east wall]() - [View of the Sala Terreno]() - [Young Bacchus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()