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The ceiling of Charlemagne's cathedral at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) has interesting byzantine-like mosaics of blue and gold. They say that Charlemagne built the chapel that forms the center of the cathedral in 800, but to be frank, I think he hired somebody for the artwork.
Mood lighting (it cycles through various colours) in the cafe ceiling at the Wellcome Collection building.
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Caffe Domenica's Angel Ceiling, painted by Ann in 1984.
The balustrade appears to rise up into the air where the angels are. This is a perspective illusion that Ann created by elongating the posts to an unnatural extent. It was photographed from across the room, the intended viewing angle. From that angle, the elongation disappears and the perspective seems natural.
In the next photo you will see how the illusion was created.
(Note the angel with the yo-yo in the upper right. The yo-yo string appears to be tied to the finger of the angel and there is a real string and a real, down-scaled, yo-yo hanging into the space.)
I took this picture in the London Natural History Museum with my Nikon Coolpix quick shot camera. I was really impressed by this ceiling and the way it photographed. Definitely a must see if you go to London.
The structure of San Bernardo alle Terme is similar to the Pantheon, since it is cylindrical, with a dome and an oculus. The edifice has a diameter of 22 meters. The octagonal dome coffers recalls that of the Basilica of Maxentius. The interior is graced by eight statues of saints, each housed in wall niches, the work (c. 1600) of Camillo Mariani. These are a good example of the so-called International Mannerism. The Chapel of St Francis is an addition to the ancient rotunda, and contains a sculpture of St Francis by Giacomo Antonio Fancelli.
The church was built on the remains of a circular tower, which marked a corner in the southwestern perimeter wall of the Baths of Diocletian (its pendant is today part of a hotel building, 225 meters southeast from San Bernardo alle Terme). These two towers flanked a large semicircular exedra; the distance between the towers attests to enormous scale of the original structure.