Triumph of The Cross fresco, 1585, Sala di Costantino, Vatican Palace

Tommaso Laureti, often called Tommaso Laureti Siciliano (Palermo ca 1530 — 1602), was a Sicilian painter who trained in the atelier of the aged Sebastiano del Piombo and worked in Bologna and, from 1582, for papal patrons in Rome in a Michelangelo-inspired style with special skill in illusionistic perspecive that in his Roman work avoided all but traces of Mannerism (Freedberg 1993:654). Tommaso Laureti (1530 - 1602): Triumph of Christianity. ... Tommaso Laureti (1530 - 1602): Triumph of Christianity. ... The Palace of the Vatican, also called the Papal Palace or the Apostolic Palace, is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. ... For other uses, see Palermo (disambiguation). ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Sebastiano del Piombo (1485 – June 21, 1547), Italian painter, was born at Venice. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, BulÃ¥ggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... In Parmigianinos Madonna with the Long Neck (1534-40), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, affected poses, and unclear perspective. ...

After his master's death in 1547, he settled in Bologna. He painted a Transportation of the body of Saint Augustine for San Giacomo Maggiore. The Mannerist structural elements of the marble and bronze Fountain of Neptune in Bologna, which is surmounted by Giambologna's Neptune, completed in 1566, were based on a 1563 drawing by Laureti. This commision from Pope Pius IV is undoubtedly Laureti's most familiar public work (illustration, left below). Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... Mannerism is the usual English term for an approach to all the arts, particularly painting but not exclusive to it, a reaction to the High Renaissance, emerging after the Sack of Rome in 1527 shook Renaissance confidence, humanism and rationality to their foundations, and even Religion had split apart. ... Portrait of Giovanni Bologna by Hendrick Goltzius Giambologna, born as Jean Boulogne, also known as Giovanni Da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna (1529 - 1608) was a sculptor who best known for his marble statuary and works in bronze. ... Pius IV, né Giovanni Angelo Medici (March 31, 1499 – December 9, 1565), pope from 1559 to 1565, was born of humble parentage in Milan, unrelated with the Medicis of Florence. ...

In the Church of Santa Susanna, Rome, Laureti's painting of the Death of Saint Susanna is above the high altar. His frescoes in the Sala dei Capitani in Michelangelo's Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Campidoglio painted in 1587-94 depicted inspiring episodes from Roman history: The Justice of Brutus, Horatius Cocles defending the Pons Sublicius, Victory at Lake Regillus, Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsena. Baroque façade of Santa Susanna, by Carlo Maderno (1603). ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. ... The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the famous seven hills of Rome, the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and their daughter Minerva. ...

Laureti designed the base with its figures for Giambologna's Neptune Fountain, Bologna

In the Vatican he was commissioned by Gregory XIII to executed a series of frescoes on a post-Council of Trent triumphalist theme, The Triumph of the Christian religion on the new vaulted ceiling of the Sala di Costantino ("Hall of Constantine"), where the walls had been frescoed by the school of Raphael early the the century. The ceiling was completed under the pontificate of Sixtus V, whose armorial bearings were introduced into the frieze. The rigorous illusionistic perspectives represent a lifetime fascination with the art of perspective: Laureti's "instrument" demonstrating the basic principles of linear perspective Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1920 × 2560 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1920 × 2560 pixel, file size: 3. ... Portrait of Giovanni Bologna by Hendrick Goltzius Giambologna, born as Jean Boulogne, also known as Giovanni Da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna (1529 - 1608) was a sculptor who best known for his marble statuary and works in bronze. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, BulÃ¥ggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... Pope Gregory XIII (1502-1585) Gregory XIII, né Ugo Buoncampagno (January 7, 1502 – April 10, 1585) was pope (1572 – 1585). ... The Council of Trent is the Nineteenth Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. ... This page is about the artist. ... Sixtus V, né Felice Peretti (December 13, 1521 - August 27, 1590) was pope from 1585 to 1590. ...

Laureti perspective engraved for Vignola's Due regole..., 1583

Laureti's illusionistic sotto in su perspective design for a portion of an illusionistic ceiling was engraved for Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola's, Le due regole della prospettiva pratica., 1583 (illustration, right).^[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The five orders, engraving from Vignolas Regole delle cinque ordini darchitettura set the standards Giacomo (or Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola (Vignola, near Modena, October 1, 1507 - July 7, 1573) was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism, also known as Vignola. ... Sotto in su, meaning Seen from below in Italian, (also called di sotto in su) is a trompe loeil illusionistic painting technique used for ceilings to provide perspective. ... The five orders, engraving from Vignolas Regole delle cinque ordini darchitettura set the standards Giacomo (or Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola (Vignola, near Modena, October 1, 1507 - July 7, 1573) was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism, also known as Vignola. ...

In the Basilica di San Prospero, Reggio Emilia, his altarpiece of the Assumption was completed by Ludovico Carracci in 1602. Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Reggio Emilia (RE) Mayor Graziano Delrio (from July 1, 2004) Elevation 58 m Area 231 km² Population  - Total 141,383  - Density 612/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Reggiani Dialing code 0522 Postal code 42100 Frazioni see list Patron San Prospero  - Day... Bargellini Madonna (1588) Oil on canvas, 282 x 188 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Ludovico Carracci (April 21, 1555 – November 13, 1619) was an Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker who helped reinvigorate Italian art after Mannerism by founding an academy in Bologna in 1585. ...

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Sources

• Filippo Titi, Descrizione delle Pitture, Sculture e Architetture esposte in Roma, 1763
• (Getty Museum) "the Geometry of Seeing" 2002
• Laueti and the Sala di Costantino
• Roberto Piperno, "Chiesa di Santa Susanna" G. Vasi's description, 1761.
• Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). in Pelican History of Art: Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Penguin Books Ltd, p654-55. 

Notes

1. ^ An example was included in the Getty Museum exhibition "The Geometry of Seeing", 2002.