Ontwerp voor de binnenkant van de koepel van een franciscaner kerk te Bologna

About this artwork

penseel in grijs, potlood, pen in bruin, inkt

Art Historical Context

This delicate pen-and-ink drawing by Flaminio Minozzi, dated 1784, offers a rare glimpse into the planning of ecclesiastical decoration in late eighteenth-century Bologna. The sheet presents a design for the interior of a dome in a Franciscan church, capturing the artist’s vision for how painted or stucco ornament would with the curved architectural surface Created at a time Bologna remained an important center of religious art even as Enlightenment ideas began to influence European taste, the drawing reflects the continued demand for richly ornamented sacred spaces by the Franciscan order. M...