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Notice how the trompe l’oeil painting on the low arched ceiling aspires to turn the little church into a lofty Gothic cathedral.
Two churches worth a look are the Renaissance Igreja de São Bento, with its contrasting ceiling, part Moorish carved wood and part trompe l’oeil; and the Igreja de São Vicente, where Pedro I claimed to have married Inês de Castro (see page 45).
Venice artists are among those who have pioneered the street-painting that has spread throughout L.A. — the trompe l’oeil murals covering whole façades, often three or four stories high, some creating optical illusions by depicting mirror images of the street on which they appear.
As two soldiers mounted on a motorcycle and cab push inexorably into the frigid landscape--with flour substituting for snow--there's an uneasy mix of the trompe l'oeil and the trumped up.
Inside, on the first floor, is a museum of typical Florentine domestic life from the 14th to 16th centuries, with furniture, utensils, and ceramics — the most attractive are in the Sala dei Pappagalli (Parrots’ Hall) with its trompe l’œil tapestries frescoed on the walls.