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Quatrefoil Defined
A type of illusionistic decoration in which architectural elements are painted on walls and/or ceilings in such a way that they appear to be an extension of the real architecture of a room into an imaginary space. It was common in Roman art, was revived by Mantegna in the 15th century, and reached its peaks of elaboration in Baroque Italy. The greatest of all exponents of quadratura was probably Pozzo, in whose celebrated ceiling in S. Ignazio, Rome, architecture and figures surge towards the heavens with breathtaking bravura. Unlike Pozzo, many artists relied on specialists called quadraturisti to paint the architectural settings for their figures (see Guercino and Tiepolo, for example).
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- Quatrefoil Tile Reference
- Medieval Tile - Neath Abbey - Swansea Heritage Net - History in pictures
- Medieval floor tile from Basingwerk Abbey
- Revival Tileworks Early California Series
- Medieval floor tile from Neath Abbey
- Tessellations - Craven Dunnill and Co quatrefoil design: c. 1890
- Medieval Floor Tile - Isle of Man Government Manx National Heritage:: Quatrefoil Tile
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