Giovanni Benedetto Paolazzi (1700–1788) was an

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painter of the late- Baroque period, active in

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, mainly in ornamental and

quadratura Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective ''di sotto in sù'' and ''quadratura'', is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, an ...

painting.

Biography

He trained initially under Antonio Dardani, and learned quadratura from Tommaso Aldrovandini. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina and died in Bologna. Paolazzi help decorate some of the rooms in the Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi.Memoria di Bologna
comune website on the palace Malvezzi Campeggi.

References

1700 births 1788 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Quadratura painters Painters from Bologna 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub