Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco

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The Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco is a grand Baroque illusionistic painting by Giovanni Battista Gaulli that dramatically celebrates the glory of Christ’s name through dynamic figures and heavenly visions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque artwork ⓘ
ceiling fresco ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Il Trionfo del Nome di Gesù ⓘ
Triumph of the Name of Jesus ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance key example of Roman High Baroque ceiling decoration ⓘ
prototype for later Jesuit ceiling frescoes ⓘ
artStyle dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ
illusionistic extension of architecture ⓘ
artTechnique di sotto in sù ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
quadratura ⓘ
stucco integration ⓘ
associatedWith Giacomo della Porta’s architecture of the Gesù ⓘ
commissionedBy Jesuits ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus

Society of Jesus ⓘ
completedIn 1670s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Giovanni Battista Gaulli ⓘ
culturalContext Catholic Counter-Reformation Rome ⓘ
depicts allegorical figures representing virtues ⓘ
angels surrounding the name of Jesus ⓘ
damned souls falling into darkness ⓘ
glory of the name of Jesus ⓘ
heavenly vision ⓘ
saved souls ascending to heaven ⓘ
genre illusionistic ceiling painting ⓘ
influencedBy Counter-Reformation ideals ⓘ
integratesWith nave vault of the Church of the Gesù ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Gesù (mother church of the Society of Jesus) ⓘ
location Church of the Gesù ⓘ
locationCity Rome ⓘ
locationCountry Italy ⓘ
material pigments on wet plaster ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableFor dramatic foreshortening of figures ⓘ
fusion of painting and sculpture ⓘ
illusion of open sky ⓘ
patron Society of Jesus ⓘ
purpose didactic religious propaganda ⓘ
glorification of the Jesuit order’s devotion to Jesus ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subject monogram IHS ⓘ
symbolizes power of the name of Jesus ⓘ
triumph of Christ ⓘ
victory of divine light over darkness ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ

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Church of the Gesù, Rome → notableWorkOfArt → Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco ⓘ
Italian Baroque → hasNotableWork → Ceiling frescoes of the Gesù (Triumph of the Name of Jesus) ⓘ
linked to: Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco
Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all’Argentina → hasArtwork → ceiling fresco "Triumph of the Name of Jesus" ⓘ
linked to: Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco