ceiling

     

A ceiling is an overhea interior surface that bounds the upper limit of a room. It is generally not a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof structure above.

Trivia about ceiling

  • The part of the Sistine Chapel on which Michelangelo painted Adam's fall
  • In "Wonderful Dancing Girls", 2 ballet dancers dance on this, years before Fred Astaire in "Royal Wedding"
  • Pietro da Cortona spent 1633 to 1639 painting a vast fresco on this part of the Great Hall of the Barberini Palace

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