Paint on Walls . . .

 
This morning, as I walked through a thick cloud of mist that had settled over the town of Todi, I saw these images as the sun burned away the fog.

From a distance, the bricks on the lower half of this building appeared real while the upper geometric pattern seemed painted.

This close up shows the intricate painting that was completed in 2007 to simulate how the building might have appeared centuries ago.

Only when I was right up against the wall was I able to see that all the sculptural aspects of the brick had been an illusion painted on a flat surface.

This low relief sculptural detail adorns the entrance of the Church of St. Fortunato. The church was begun at the end of the 13th century and completed in 1465.

On the side street to the right of the main cathedral in the Palazzo del Popolo, locals relaxed in the bright sun after the fog dispersed.