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4 2 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 2 2 A. BABY SHOWER. CONCEPT ELEVATION. SHOWING WALL WITH STAR PANELS AND VODKA FOUNTAIN. DRAWING BY CAMILLA SICIGNANO. B. BABY SHOWER SET. DETAIL OF THE VODKA FOUNTAIN. SET PHOTO. C. PAUL'S NURSERY- CONCEPT ELEVATION. DRAWING BY CAMILLA SICIGNANO. painted on a bright night sky blue, inspired partly by Giotto's painted ceiling in the Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padova and partly by Schinkel's stunning night sky design for Mozart's Magic Flute. The room was decorated by pastelcolored fabric clouds which were lit from within by led tubes truthful to period!. The clouds were attached to golden ropes that were hung from each side of the room and held at the extremity by fl ying cherubs—the same that had been used for the coronation set. This time, there were forty of them dotted around the room, molded and cast by our team of prop makers and painted as marble by the inhouse scenic painters. One of our favourite new' sets was Paul's nursery, created within the existing set of Dymov's apartment, and the most coloured of all the show's rooms. The scary paintings that decorated the walls were handpainted and inspired by Russian folk art. On a wide shot, those paintings look ornate and nave. pon closer inspection, one would notice a landscape painting C A B B D