18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
The Painted Hall Tricks The Eye
The Painted Hall by British artist Sir James Thornhill is a Baroque masterpiece known as Britain's 'Sistine Chapel'. Thornhill used techniques of trompe l’oeil ("trick the eye") and chiaroscuro (contrast of light and dark).
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 01.2019 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2020 |
| Photo Location: | England, United Kingdom |
| Camera: | ILCE-7RM4 |
| Copyright: | © Brian Clopp |