the artist, professor raggi, describes it here. raggi: glancing upwards at the dome, a veritable sea of celestial beauty greets the eye in a painting representing a vision of heaven and the assumption of the blessed mother of god, carried in the arms of an angelic host of heavenly beings prostrating themselves before the holy trinity, the father, the son, and the holy spirit, who are placing the crown of celestial magnificence upon the brow of the immaculate mother of christ. monsignor burkard: many people come here and they'll tell you that they come here because it's a place that they find the most peace in their life that they don't find elsewhere. foit-albert: you're drawn into, i think, the inner spirit. i used to call it the void, which was the space for -- has potential for all good things to happen, the architecture of the void. well, the churches aren't probably constructed to be "the void," but they are that. and they do bring in that sense of repose and serenity. narrator: the main focus of the our lady of victory shrine