Santa Maria Maggiore / Roman Basilica ceiling

Santa Maria Maggiore / Roman Basilica ceiling

Sale Price:$19.00 Original Price:$25.00

Prints up to 30x40 extra large poster size. Rich colors shot on fine art museum reserve films.

Hi Resolution digital downloads of fine art film and digital photographs shot in Rome, Italy.

Make your own prints locally (or with a GOOD photo printer) in any size, framed nor unframed. and save money. Online services offer a variety of larger prints. Social Print Studio prints a super sharp, vivid 30x40 for $50. Their sharp and vivid 8x10 is $8. Digital downloads are the preferred purchase choice by customers outside of the US. I also print and frame images for anyone looking for a finished work, easy to install at their home or place of choice, or to give as a hand wrapped gift.

The “flat” Roman ceiling style of Classical Antiquity is located in the central nave of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, and designed by Giuliano da Sangallo in the 16th century. The ceiling was gilt with the first gold from Americas.

“Built in honor of the Virgin Mary in the fifth century AD, The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore still stands today with great beauty. The architecture is very classical Roman, with Roman arches and ionic columns throughout the structure. The ceiling was built by Alessandro VI, an archpriest and member of the Borgia family, a prominent Spanish Renaissance family from which two popes came. It is coffered, meaning there are sunken square panels covering the ceiling, similar to those found in the dome of the Pantheon, and contains wooden detailing. Although initally painted by Guiliano da Sangallo, the ceiling was finished by Guiliano's brother, Antonio. In the center of the ceiling there is the coat of arms of the Borgia family, displaying a bull as the family crest. It is said that the coat of arms contains gold given by Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, brought back from the New World.” - Ceilings of Europe

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