The trompe-l'oeil effect is on the ceiling

Church of the Gesu located at Via degli Astalli, 16, Roma, ItalyIT00186.
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Trompe-l'oeil is a style of painting that is intended to give a convincing illusion of reality.
Trompe-l'oeil is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. Forced perspective is a comparable illusion in architecture.