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This tutorial is about magic. Bernini turns stone into flesh and Caravaggio makes the distant stories of the Bible into immediate experiences that take place before our eyes. Here are glorious frescos that dissolve the ceilings of cathedrals and reach up to the infinity of heaven.

13771_Il_Ges_including_Triumph_of_the_Name_of_Jesus_ceiling_fresco.html

13760_Bernini_Saint_Peter_s_Square.html

13769_Gentileschi_Judith_and_Holofernes.html

13766_Caravaggio_Crucifixion_of_Saint_Peter.html

13767_Caravaggio_Supper_at_Emmaus.html

13753_Bernini_Pluto_and_Proserpina.html

13757_Bernini_Bust_of_Medusa.html

13765_Caravaggio_Calling_of_Saint_Matthew_and_Inspiration_of_St_Matthew.html

13764_Caravaggio_Contarelli_Chapel_San_Luigi_dei_Francesi.html

13763_Caravaggio_Narcissus_at_the_Source.html

13761_Bernini_Sant_Andrea_al_Quirinale.html

13756_Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini_Baldacchino.html

13768_Caravaggio_Death_of_the_Virgin.html

13770_Guercino_Saint_Luke_Displaying_a_Painting_of_the_Virgin.html

13759_Bernini_Cathedra_Petri_Chair_of_St_Peter_.html

13754_Bernini_David.html

13772_Pozzo_Saint_Ignatius_Chapel_Il_Ges_.html

13774_Pierre_Le_Gros_the_Younger_Stanislas_Kostka_on_his_Deathbed.html

13758_Bernini_Ecstasy_of_Saint_Teresa.html

13773_Pozzo_Glorification_of_Saint_Ignatius_Sant_Ignazio.html

13762_Borromini_San_Carlo_alle_Quattro_Fontane.html

13755_Bernini_Apollo_and_Daphne.html