The Vienna Staatsoper’s Staircase Ceiling: A Masterpiece Above

Ascending the grand staircase of Vienna's Staatsoper, one cannot help but be drawn to the magnificent fresco that adorns the ceiling.  Painted by the Viennese artist Franz Dobyaschofsky, the fresco titled "The Recognition" is a celebration of the arts, depicted through allegorical figures that seem to float above the onlooker. In the center, a figure [...]