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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius
Work_PrefTitle
Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Dome, Apse and Ceiling Frescoes, Sant'Ignazio
Work_AltTitle
Dome, Apse and Ceiling Frescoes, Sant'Ignazio
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Image View:
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Detail of the apse fresco
Image_Title
Detail of the apse fresco
Image View
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Creator:
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Andrea Pozzo (Italian painter, 1642-1709)
Agent_Display
Andrea Pozzo (Italian painter, 1642-1709)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Sant'Ignazio (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Sant'Ignazio (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location
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Date:
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ca. 1685-1694 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 1685-1694 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Baroque
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Baroque
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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mural painting (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
mural painting (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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painting
Work_Classification
painting
Classification
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
Work_Technique
oil painting (technique)
Technique
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Relation Work:
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part of Sant'Ignazio
RelationType1_Work_R elatedWork1
part of Sant'Ignazio
Relation Work
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Subjects:
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allegorical; cycles or series; saints; Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556; fresco; heroic figure
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
allegorical; cycles or series; saints; Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556; fresco; heroic figure
Subjects
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Description:
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"Pozzo was an architect, history painter, and author and became a Jesuit lay brother in 1665. He was a noted trompe l'oeil specialist by the late 1670s. He was brought to Rome in 1681 to work on the commemorative scheme surrounding S. Ignatius Loyola's rooms adjoining the Gesù, and was engaged on Jesuit projects in and near Rome for the next 20 years. His ceiling frescoes in S. Ignazio, Rome (1688-1694), fused the real architecture of the church and the teeming heavenly scene in an overwhelming display of quadratura illusionism which marked an important step in the development of the Baroque. The work was financed by sales of his immensely successful treatise Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum (vol. 1, 1693)." The lavish Baroque fresco of 17 m of diameter is devised to make an observer, standing on the spot marked by a golden disc set into the nave floor, see a lofty vaulted cupola decorated by statues, while in fact the ceiling is hemi-cylindrical. Closer to the altar a second marker is ideal for viewing
Work_Description_Sou rce
"Pozzo was an architect, history painter, and author and became a Jesuit lay brother in 1665. He was a noted trompe l'oeil specialist by the late 1670s. He was brought to Rome in 1681 to work on the commemorative scheme surrounding S. Ignatius Loyola's rooms adjoining the Gesù, and was engaged on Jesuit projects in and near Rome for the next 20 years. His ceiling frescoes in S. Ignazio, Rome (1688-1694), fused the real architecture of the church and the teeming heavenly scene in an overwhelming display of quadratura illusionism which marked an important step in the development of the Baroque. The work was financed by sales of his immensely successful treatise Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum (vol. 1, 1693)." The lavish Baroque fresco of 17 m of diameter is devised to make an observer, standing on the spot marked by a golden disc set into the nave floor, see a lofty vaulted cupola decorated by statues, while in fact the ceiling is hemi-cylindrical. Closer to the altar a second marker is ideal for viewing
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
LocalCollection
Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-PAN-SI-D5
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-PAN-SI-D5
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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