Cortona's Salone
Palazzo Barberini
Roma
This painting is on the ceiling of the salon in Palazzo Barberini. It doesn't look as bright as it does in this postcard. There are four couches positioned underneath the painting. Take a break from craning your neck upward, lie down with a few of your friends and stare for half an hour. The ceiling looks much higher and more curved than it actually is. Very tricky. Cortona learned part of his technique in Venice, where the light is different, then tore out part of the fresco and redid it. The hall is big, the walls almost bare; only the four couches take up space in the room, and the people. But not too many. Michelle, Erina, Matthew and I snag a couch to ourselves (no backs to the couches). My hair spreads out behind me when I lie down. We assign ourselves each a character in the painting. Juvenile, but fun. I could stare for hours, watching as the light changes. Not as bright, but so much color.
Palazzo Barberini
Roma
This painting is on the ceiling of the salon in Palazzo Barberini. It doesn't look as bright as it does in this postcard. There are four couches positioned underneath the painting. Take a break from craning your neck upward, lie down with a few of your friends and stare for half an hour. The ceiling looks much higher and more curved than it actually is. Very tricky. Cortona learned part of his technique in Venice, where the light is different, then tore out part of the fresco and redid it. The hall is big, the walls almost bare; only the four couches take up space in the room, and the people. But not too many. Michelle, Erina, Matthew and I snag a couch to ourselves (no backs to the couches). My hair spreads out behind me when I lie down. We assign ourselves each a character in the painting. Juvenile, but fun. I could stare for hours, watching as the light changes. Not as bright, but so much color.
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