Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits

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Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits

painting by Andrea Pozzo

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Early and High Baroque in Italy
After this, the Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits, painted by Andrea Pozzo on the nave vault of San Ignazio, Rome (1691–94), seems almost an anticlimax, despite its gigantic size and hypertrophic illusionism. Concurrently, the Baroque-versus-classicism controversy took on a new life, with Gaulli heading the…
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After this, the Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits, painted by Andrea Pozzo on the nave vault of San Ignazio, Rome (1691–94), seems almost an anticlimax, despite its gigantic size and hypertrophic illusionism. Concurrently, the Baroque-versus-classicism controversy took on a new life, with Gaulli heading the…
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