Giacomo Torelli

Giacomo Torelli wasn’t just a painter, he was the guy who turned ceilings into open sky. Working in 17th-century Italy, he used quadratura, a trick of painted architecture that made walls disappear into grand vistas. His prints made palaces feel like they were floating in clouds, fooling the eye without a single hammer swung.

If you’ve ever paused in a Baroque church staring up at angels seeming to tumble out of the roof, Torelli’s your man. Look up his H Beard Print Collection to see how he drew his way into the heavens without leaving the page.