Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Camera degli Sposi
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Camera degli Sposi
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Alternate Title:
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Camera Picta
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Image View:
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Detail, Court Scene, north wall; lunettes painted as if open to the sky, with garlands of fruit and a medallion hanging from the garlands
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Creator:
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Andrea Mantegna (Italian painter, ca. 1431-1506)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Ducale (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
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Location Note:
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North tower of the Castel San Giorgio
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GPS:
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+45.160278+10.798889
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Date:
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1465-1474 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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mural painting (visual work)
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Work Type 2:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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walls:walnut oil and pigments on plaster; gold leaf; ceiling, fresco
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); grisaille; oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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8.1 m (length, room) x 8.1 m (width, room)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; genre; rulers and leaders; Gonzaga family; trompe l'oeil
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Description:
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The Gonzaga family lived in the palace from 1328 to 1707, when the dynasty died out. The Camera degli Sposi (Italian: Bridal Chamber) is the most famous room of the palace. It shows the Marchese Ludovico Gonzaga and his consort, Barbara of Brandenburg, together with their children, friends, courtiers and animals engaged in professional and leisurely pursuits, illustrating the present successes and alluding to future ambitions. Mantegna devised an integrated scheme according to which the room is conceived as a pavilion, open on the sides and topped by an elaborate architectural framework perforated by a Classical oculus. The oculus represents a tour de force of di sotto in sù illusionism. The painted vault is also an illusion. Instead of traditional fresco Mantegna used walnut oil and pigments on plaster on the walls; the ceiling is fresco. (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-MA-DP-CS-CS-A28
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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