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Curatorial Narrative Andrea Pozzo’s “Pozzo’s architecture in perspective” (1707) is a masterful engraving that exemplifies the artist’s innovative use of linear brushwork to create a sense of spatial depth and atmospheric weight. Executed in black and white, Pozzo’s work embodies the Classical ideals of proportion and harmony, while also anticipating the Modernist concerns with abstraction and spatial structure. As an architectural subject, it occupies a unique position within the art historical canon, straddling the divide between decorative arts and fine art. When enlarged to 44×66, the palette assumes a more nuanced role, its stark blacks and whites coalescing into a chromatic structure that modulates light and dark across the surface. The linear brushwork, which at first appears almost scratchy, resolves into a subtle spatial rhythm as the eye traverses the composition, creating an effect akin to visual tension. This structura