03 — ARTWORK
Ceiling decoration
- MEDIUM
- Fresco
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 734 × 1100 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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Ceiling decoration c. 1570 FrescoWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco fresco. SalaHall, large room. dei Gesta Rossiana, Rocca dei Rossi, San Secondo
Raphael's solution for ceiling decoration, stretching a velarium, or awning, across the illusive opening in the ceiling and using it as an autonomous support for the painting, found widespread application. Analogous solutions are found in later works, such as in San Secondo.
The picture shows the ceiling of the Sala dei Gesta Rossiana. The decoration was executed by Ercole Procaccini and Cesare Baglione. The central scene depicts PierOne of the massive supports on which an arch or upper part of a church stands. A pier is generally larger than a column, but may consist of a cluster of columns. Maria II Rossi Receives the Order of St Michael from Francis I of France in 1542.
The choice of themes manifest the desire of the man who commissioned the work - a local feudal lord whose position had been trimmed when the new Farnese duchy of Parma was formed - to keeptall, strong tower in medieval castles, used as an observation post and last refuge for those living in the castle, an, unlike the donjon, not designed for permanent habitation. the memory of his family's importance alive.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Ceiling decoration by PROCACCINI, Ercole I},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-08},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/procaccini-ercole-i-r9037fec0009fee/ceiling-decoration-rfddf923c7fdb83},
urldate = {2026-09-08},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-08. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
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