pozzo‘s ability to render architecture as easily in paint as in stone is reflected in the central precept of his two-volume treatise ,published by komarek bohemi in 1693 and 1700。pozzo believed that both arts have their roots in a thorough understanding of perspective and that an effective architect must first learn to render the painted illusion of space。in pozzo’s treatise ,parallel columns of text in latin and Italian flank large explanatory engravings labelled for instruction。in addition to lessons on the rendering of basic geometric solids,pozzo includes examples of his own work such as the nave ceiling and fictive dome of s. ignazio in rome 。pozzo‘s treatise had an enormous influence on succeeding generations;by 1708 it had been translated into every major European language。