Illusionistic painting in which the architectural elements of a wall or ceiling painting appear to be part of the real architectural setting. Common in Roman art, it was revived by Mantegna in the Renaissance, became widespread in northern Italy, and reached its peak in Baroque Rome where its greatest exponent was the painter and architect Andrea P [..]

A type of illusionistic decoration in which architectural elements are painted on walls and/or ceilings in such a way that they appear to be an extension of the real architecture of a room into an ima [..]

A form of decoration pioneered by the romans. and later revived as an art form in Baroque Italy. In short it is buildings and other architectural forms painted on the walls and ceilings of rooms in or [..]

squaring La quadratura del cerchio - The squaring of the circle. square, panel (arts) quadrature ----