Solitude Blue Palace Dome and Fresco SSE
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 7 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #19 of 22 Locations - Vanilla mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
I love the mods Solitude Dome Paintings and Blue Palace Frescos. Both mods add a tiny thing that makes a huge change: a bit of fine art in a fancy palace, but not framed art hanging from the walls, which for some reason annoys me greatly in Skyrim.
Unfortunately, the art selected for both mods was not to my taste. I think they are good choices, and well implemented, but they don't happen to be what I would like in my Blue Palace.
So I made this mod to simply overwrite the texture files from those mods with my own selections of fine art. I started small with some ocean and fantasy themed paintings in the dome by John William Waterhouse, and got some positive feedback. So I decided to expand the function a little to the frescos, and give more choices.
First, download and install the main file from Solitude Dome Paintings. You don't need the optional file, since those options and more are available here.
Then, download and install the first main file from Blue Palace Frescos.
Finally, download and install the main file for this mod in the files tab. Then, if you prefer, install any of the optional files, allowing them to overwrite the main file. In Mod Organizer, this is "Merge" not "Replace."
The main file contains the following paintings as textures:
The Siren by John William Waterhouse
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses by John William Waterhouse
Gradlon's flight by Évariste Vital Luminais
Fight between Romans and Gauls by Évariste Vital Luminais
The Music by Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
Circe Invidiosa by John William Waterhouse
The Three Ages of Woman by Gustav Klimt (cropped to just mother and child)
Optional files:
The dome option 1:
The Siren by John William Waterhouse
The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse
Lamia by John William Waterhouse
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses by John William Waterhouse
Siegfried und Brunnhilde by Charles Ernest Butler
Hylas and the Water Nymphs by Henrietta Rae
The dome option 3:
King Lear, Act I, Scene I by Edwin Austin Abbey
The dome option 4:
A selection of frescoes and tile mosaics from Pompeii and other Ancient Mediterranean ruins sites.
The dome option 5:
Fight between Romans and Gauls by Évariste Vital Luminais
Gradlon's flight by Évariste Vital Luminais
Goths cross a river by Évariste Vital Luminais
Captives by Évariste Vital Luminais
Fresco option 1:
A Hamadryad by John William Waterhouse
King Lear, Goneril and Regan (Act I, Scene i) by Edwin Austin Abbey
Jason and Medea by John William Wat
This mod replaces the dome paintings and frescoes in Solitude's Blue Palace with new fine art textures, building on two existing mods. It's a small visual enhancement for Skyrim Special Edition players who want a fresh look in that location. With 213 endorsements and over 20k downloads, it has a modest but active following.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 213 endorsements and over 20,000 downloads.
- Enhances a specific area without overhauling the whole game, keeping it lightweight.
- Builds on two popular mods, so it's a natural extension for fans of those.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires both Solitude Dome Paintings and Blue Palace Frescos to work, adding dependency management.
- Only affects the Blue Palace, so its impact is limited to that location.
- Last updated in 2021, so it may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim SE patches or other mods.
For Skyrim players who already use Solitude Dome Paintings or Blue Palace Frescos and want a fresh artistic take. Also for those who enjoy subtle visual upgrades in specific locations. Skip if you're looking for major overhauls or don't care about the Blue Palace's interior.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to handle the dependencies and load order easily.
- Place this mod after the two required mods in your load order to ensure the textures overwrite correctly.
- Check for compatibility patches if you use other mods that alter the Blue Palace interior.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Skytinerant
- Version
- 1
- Downloads
- 20,206
- Endorsements
- 213
- Category
- Locations - Vanilla
- Created
- 9/13/2021
- Updated
- 9/13/2021
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