Giovanni Battista Gaulli ("Baciccia")
Glory of the Name of Jesus
Completed 1679
Fresco
Vault
of the Gesù, Rome
In a
masterly application of di sotto in
su perspective, Baciccia shows all of Heaven gazing up, up, up
to the IHS
form of Jesus' name. Beyond even the name is the cross
itself, representing Christ's own person. To see
Baciccia's work in its context, see the other
view.
More
of the Cross
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke