Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Pluto and Proserpina
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Pluto and Proserpina
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Alternate Title:
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The Rape of Proserpina
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Image View:
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Detail, Pluto's face is distorted as Proserpina pushes against it
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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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1621-1622 (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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295 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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deities; human figure; mythology (Classical); Hades; Pluto
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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. There is great naturalism in Pluto and Proserpina, an explosive combination of motion and emotion in which Pluto strides vigorously forward carrying the struggling Proserpina across the threshold of the underworld, represented by the snarling, three-headed dog Cerberus. Soft flesh yields to the violent grasp of the muscular god as marble tears course down Proserpina’s cheeks. The impact of this over life-size group is intensified by its placement indoors on a low pedestal and set against a wall commanding a frontal viewpoint. (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-PAP-A09
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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