Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
Ceilings are the closest mankind has come to imitating the natural dome of the world - the skies. We look up wanting to see beauty above us, unattained and etheral, yet soothing and wondrous. These ceilings from all over the world make me want to visit these places, so I can gaze in captivated amazement and the artful ideas expressed there. These are truly inspired.
Hall of Mirrors,Versailles, France
Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Switzerland
Salon Urbain in Montreal, Canada
Shāh Chérāgh mosque in Shiraz, Iran
Tiffany Company tile mosaic at the Marshall Field's Building in Chicago, Illinois
Galeries Lafayette in Paris
Los Angeles Public Library
Home entrance room, Cape Town, South Africa
Cosmovitral in Toluca, Mexico
Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra, Spain
Bank of Commerce Building in Toronto, Canada
The Peacock Room at Sammezzano Castle in Italy
Metro station in Naples, Italy
La Sagrada Família Church in Barcelona, Spain
Chamber of Human Rights and the Alliance of Civilizations at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland
Terrace at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City
Admont Abbey Library, Austria
Mirror Room of the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium (the green is actually made from 1.6 million beetles)
Hall of Ambassadors at the Alcázar of Seville, Spain
National Assembly Building in Wales
Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Summer Palace in Beijing, China
Trinity College Library in Ireland
Glass ceiling by Chihuly at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas
Victorian State Library, Australia
Pool at the Lausanne Palace Spa in Switzerland
British Museum in London
Marrakech Menara Airport in Morocco
Elektrozavodskaya Metro Station in Moscow, Russia
Nishi Grand Stair Interior in Canberra, Australia
I couldn't forgive myself if I didn't include the most famous ceiling of all - the Sistine Chapel
Gilbert K. Chesterton
