The spectacle of clouds, 1439-1650: Italian art and theatre

Contents

Cloud machinery : a heritage from the middle ages -- Designing paradise : Brunelleschi, Leonardo, and Vasari -- Platform clouds vs bubble clouds : Raphael vs Correggio -- Court theatre in the 16th century : only the Medici go to heaven -- Why clouds can be trouble : the challenge of foreshortening -- From volume to structure : towards a new heaven -- The Tuscan school in Rome in the seventeenth century : a struggle for identity -- A burst of heaven on earth : the glory of saints at Santi Quattro Coronati -- The triumph of baroque clouds in art and theatre.