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Italian Baroque
This style employs various techniques including dramatic lighting, tenebroso, diagonal lines, and movement to activate the space of the viewer and promote a deep, almost bodily engagement with the work of art.
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Andrea Pozzo, Glorification of Saint Ignatius, ceiling fresco, Rome, 1691–94 (Sant’Ignazio, Venice; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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