Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Atlas Slave
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Atlas Slave
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Alternate Title:
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Atlas Captive
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Image View:
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Overall view (black background)
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Creator:
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Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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58-60 via Ricasoli
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GPS:
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+43.77694+11.25873
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Date:
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ca. 1530-1534 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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277 cm (height)
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Relation Work:
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designedFor Tomb of Julius II
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Description:
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One of six slave or captive figures, originally personifying the Liberal Arts, planned for the tomb of Pope Julius II. The group of four slaves at the Accademia are from a significantly different version of the tomb project started in 1516. These are part of his unfinished works called the 'non-finito'; the four slaves were once incorporated by Bernardo Buontalenti into the rough masonry of a grotto in the Boboli Gardens in Florence (replicas in situ). This male nude seems to be carrying a huge weight on his head. Hence he is named after Atlas, the primordial Titan who held up the entire world on his shoulders. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-MB-AG-TA-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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