Quadratura : An intended architectural illusion used to create the sense of a larger room.
Reredos : An elaborate wall carving or screen utilized primarily on or behind the high Altar.
Quadratura
An Italian term describing a type of decoration developed in the Baroque era uniting architecture, sculpture and painting (using perspective, shading and realism) to create elaborate 3-dimensional/illusionist architectural imagery, ...
quadratura Illusionistic decoration with architectural elements painted on walls and/or ceilings so that they appear to be an extension of the real architecture of the room into an imaginary space.
The musician Francesco Balilla Pratella joined the movement in 1910 and wrote the Manifesto of Futurist Musicians (1910), the Technical Manifesto of Futurist Music (1911) and The Destruction of Quadrature (Distruzione della quadratura), (1912).
Sienese architect and painter, one of the earliest artists to attempt illusionist architectural painting (quadratura), the extension of real architecture into imaginary space.
 See also: Painting, Sculpture, Cathedral, Panel, Gothic
  
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