ceiling mural
Painted sky above
A ceiling mural is a painting applied directly to or mounted on a ceiling, often depicting religious, mythological, or allegorical scenes.
The form reached its height in Renaissance and Baroque churches and palaces, where artists used perspective tricks to create illusions of open sky or architectural depth: The Sistine Chapel ceiling is the most famous ceiling mural in the world.
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- SistinePapal chapel adjective
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- paintedCoated with pigment
chapel · overhead · looking up · vault · sky · angels · clouds · Renaissance · Michelangelo · old masters · art history · plaster · baroque · ornate · heavens · divine light · cherubs · trompe-l'oeil
- muralswall paintings, fresco, wall art, Diego Rivera
- ceilingssuspended, acoustic tiles, acoustic tile, exposed beams, coffered
- royal artportrait, miniature, portraits, tapestry, scepter
- angel imageryangel statue, angel figurine, cherub, seraph, archangel