The Vatican

Vatican, Eric looking at celing with windowframe in background

The next hallway is kind of difficult to put into perspective, but I'll give it a shot.

Vatican, female figures in plaster in frame of painting

Let's start with not the paintings on the celings, but the frames around them. Each painting on the celing had a thick, presumably plaster frame built around it, often with intricate decorations. This one has two reclining women on this side...

Vatican, male figures in plaster in frame of painting

...matched by two reclining men on the other side...

Vatican, span celing

...with the three paintings spanning the celing from window to window...

Vatican, celing, perspective view

...and this level of detail stretching down the length of the hall. And this is just the hallway leading to the chapel. The masterpieces are inside.

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