Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Hall of Perspectives; Mythological Scenes in the Frieze

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Hall of Perspectives; Mythological Scenes in the Frieze
Image View: 
Detail, illusionary niche above real marble cornice (just visible at bottom), with Goddess Diana (Artemis) and a hunting dog
Creator: 
Baldassarre Peruzzi (Italian painter, 1481-1536)
Location: 
site: Villa Farnesina (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note: 
Via della Lungara, 230; Sala delle Prospettive
GPS: 
+41.893611+12.4675
Date: 
1516-1517 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1: 
frieze (entablature component)
Work Type 2: 
fresco (painting)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
pigment on plaster
Technique: 
fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Relation Work: 
partOf Villa Farnesina
Subjects: 
literary or legendary; mythology (Classical)
Description: 
In the Sala delle Prospettive on the upper story of the Villa Farnesina, Peruzzi revived illusionistic Classical techniques of mural painting. The painted architecture supports a frieze with a series of scenes from ancient myths. Even the 'wood' molding along the top and bottom edges is trompe l'oeil, false painted (faux bois). The Sala delle Prospettive is painted on flat walls; only the windows, marble floor and doorways, fireplace (which is also painted) and coffered ceiling are real. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A1-PERUZ-VF-HP-D13
Rights: 
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