Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Leaving Troy
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Leaving Troy
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Alternate Title:
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Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius
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Image View:
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Detail, right side, figure of the small son, Ascanius, carrying the sacred fire of the hearth
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Creator:
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
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GPS:
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+41.914+12.492
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Date:
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1618-1619 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Baroque
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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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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220 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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human figure; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Aeneid
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Description:
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Bernini was commissioned by Scipione Borghese to produce a series of over life-size marble statues for his new villa by the Porta Pinciana. These technically brilliant and surprisingly novel works rapidly turned Bernini into a European celebrity. His first achievement as a monumental sculptor was Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Leaving Troy, a work once attributed to his father Pietro. Evoking the passage in the Aeneid in which Aeneas carries his father and leads his son away from the burning city, the group is notable for the realistic characterization of the three figures, their relative positions introducing a new naturalism. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BG-BG-AAA-A23
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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