Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Apollo and the Muses [ceiling fresco]
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Apollo and the Muses [ceiling fresco]
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Image View:
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Detail, the grisaille (monochrome to mimic sculpture) and gilded "vaults" which separate the panel scenes
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Creator:
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Tommaso Conca (Italian painter, 1734-1822)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
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Location Note:
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Pio Clementino Museum, Sala delle Muse
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GPS:
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+41.906389+12.454444
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Date:
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1782-1787 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Baroque; Eighteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Work Type 2:
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dome (architectural element)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster; gilding
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); gilding (technique); grisaille
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Description:
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The Hall of the Muses in the Pio-Clementino Museum, opened to the public in 1784, was intended for the display of a series of sculptures which had been found in the so-called Villa of Cassius near Tivoli, and which included many statues of the Muses, an Apollo holding the lyre, an Athena, herms and portraits of famous Greek men, all dating from the time of the Emperor Hadrian. These were modified by 18th century restorers; some of them did not originally depict muses and were modified in order to complete the full number of nine personifications of the arts. The frescoes by Tommaso Conca on the vaulted ceiling represent Apollo and the Muses as the inspirers of the arts. In the 1800s the Pompeian red paint was used to cover landscapes which had previously provided backgrounds for the various statues. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CONCA-VM-AM-J01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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