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On the Wall edit

The On the Wall section for research materials was inspired by the "Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art" podcast, where at the end of each episode Waldemar Januszczak and Bendor Grosvenor would wind-up selecting a favorite picture hung on their 'invisible wall'.
Photo: Bull head, Louvre Museum. (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

Forced perspective edit

Perspective corridor at the Spada Palace by Francesco Borromini, Rome.
Built in 1635 for Bernardino Spada, who was a cardinal and served as an important papal negotiator at that time, the corridor was designed with an optical illusion to make it appear significantly longer and grander. The space of only 8.5 meters was transformed by Borromini into the visual deception of an extensive entrance way into the palace.
Photo: Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Palazzo Spada, Rome, Italy. Photo by William Henry Goodyear, (1823).
Cour du Palais Spada [Courtyard of the Spada Palace], Rome. Drawings by Charles Girault and Louis Boitte, (1897).

References edit

Jarzombek, Mark (2010). "Corridor Spaces". Critical Inquiry. 36 (4 The University of Chicago): 728–770. JSTOR 655210.

External links edit

Louis Boitte The biography of Louis Boitte, architect (Wiki page in french).
Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art Podcast website.
ZCZ Films Interesting films about art & travel.