Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Agrippa's Villa of the Farnesina: Triclinium C

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Agrippa's Villa of the Farnesina: Triclinium C
Image View: 
Detail, female figure at top of column, appearing to support top of the black band like a caryatid
Creator: 
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location: 
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note: 
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; largo di Villa Peretti, 1
GPS: 
+41.901403+12.498216
Date: 
ca. 25-20 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Roman (ancient)
Style Period: 
Imperial (Roman); Third Style
Work Type 1: 
fresco (painting)
Work Type 2: 
dining room
Classification: 
painting
Material: 
pigment on plaster
Technique: 
fresco painting (technique)
Description: 
Around 20 BCE there began to be a reaction against the illusionistic tricks of the Second Style. Buildings are still depicted in the Farnesina House in Rome, commissioned ca. 25-20 BCE by the general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, but they are increasingly attenuated and accompanied by new painted motifs: candelabra, a profusion of decorative stripes, and Egyptianizing motifs. The ancient villa was discovered under the grounds of the present Villa Farnesina in Trastevere in 1879, during maintenance works on the banks of the Tiber. The frescoes were removed. This room is the dining room, installed in the museum to the original dimensions. There would have been a central table and three couches (hence triclinium). The southern exposure and black color follow the later recommendation of Vitruvius that a dark color will absorb heat and warm the room, therefor it is thought this was the winter triclinium. The black color (atramentum) was made from a mixture charcoal and glue; the decorations are painted on top in light colors. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-PM-VF-TR-C24
Rights: 
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