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  2. Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    Michelangelo probably began working on the plans and sketches for the design from April 1508. [39] The preparatory work on the ceiling was complete in late July the same year and on 4 February 1510, Francesco Albertini recorded that Michelangelo had "decorated the upper, arched part with very beautiful pictures and gold". [39]

  3. Adam style - Wikipedia

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    Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...

  4. Gallery of the Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations.

  5. Italian Baroque interior design - Wikipedia

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    Baroque furnishings in general have common characteristics such as being anchored to walls with undecorated backs, different woods including rosewood, ebony and tortoiseshell, carved elaborately and furnished with legs that are either straight, bracketed, or in Flemish scroll design. Chairs. Arm chairs had high backs and were primarily rectangular.

  6. Scottish Renaissance painted ceilings - Wikipedia

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    Scottish renaissance painted ceilings are decorated ceilings in Scottish houses and castles built between 1540 and 1640. This is a distinctive national style, though there is common ground with similar work elsewhere, especially in France , Spain and Scandinavia . [ 1 ]

  7. Architecture of Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    Under Pope Pius VI (1775–99), considerable changes were made in the part of the fountain against the wall, and a garden was constructed in the Casina. The Baroque architecture also emphasizes on the light which design and adopt the artificial light instead of natural light, leading a dramatic atmosphere.

  8. Tin ceiling - Wikipedia

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    Pressed tin ceiling over a store entrance in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.. A tin ceiling is an architectural element, consisting of a ceiling finished with tinplate with designs pressed into them, that was very popular in Victorian buildings in North America in the late 19th and early 20th century. [1]

  9. Popcorn ceiling - Wikipedia

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    Popcorn ceiling texture. A popcorn ceiling, also known as a stipple ceiling or acoustic ceiling, is a ceiling with one of a variety of spray-on or paint-on treatments. [1] The bumpy surface is created by tiny particles of vermiculite or polystyrene, which gives the ceiling sound-deadening properties. Mixtures are available in fine, medium, and ...