He demonstrated mastery of illusion where frames were fictitious, for the center the quadratura a reaffirmation profile of the vault appears open to the sky and the figures seem to hover in space. Here the viewers could see the painting as an extension of their own space. In person, it is difficult to analyze the authenticity of details are either real or are imaginative representation of supernatural events and experiences or both. The artist worked his magic and created a space where there were none and beauty where little had existed before. However in the design of apartments for Grand Duke Ferdinand II at Pitti Palace, Florence (1640-7) – Notably the hall of Apollo – Where Cortona turned his painting frames into stucco, where he made airy frescos in the ceilings which were animated with cloudbursts, dramatically foreshortened figures and sweeping brushwork, the frames had three dimensional antidote to the frescos’ illusion in order to keep celestial energy
He demonstrated mastery of illusion where frames were fictitious, for the center the quadratura a reaffirmation profile of the vault appears open to the sky and the figures seem to hover in space. Here the viewers could see the painting as an extension of their own space. In person, it is difficult to analyze the authenticity of details are either real or are imaginative representation of supernatural events and experiences or both. The artist worked his magic and created a space where there were none and beauty where little had existed before. However in the design of apartments for Grand Duke Ferdinand II at Pitti Palace, Florence (1640-7) – Notably the hall of Apollo – Where Cortona turned his painting frames into stucco, where he made airy frescos in the ceilings which were animated with cloudbursts, dramatically foreshortened figures and sweeping brushwork, the frames had three dimensional antidote to the frescos’ illusion in order to keep celestial energy