Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxanne
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxanne
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Image View:
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Detail, painted marble inlaid floor, foreshortened
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Creator:
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Sodoma (Italian painter, 1477-1549)
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Location:
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site: Villa Farnesina (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via della Lungara, 230
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GPS:
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+41.893611+12.4675
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Date:
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ca. 1516-1517 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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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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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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370 cm (height) x 660 cm (width)
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Relation Work:
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partOf Villa Farnesina
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Subjects:
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human figure; literary or legendary; rulers and leaders; Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.; Chigi, Agostino, 1466-1520
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Description:
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The marriage scene is derived from the description (ekphrasis) by Lucian of Samosata (117-180 CE) of a panel painting by Aetion. There was a drawing (destroyed) by Raphael of the same subject, which is known through copies and which was engraved by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. The version closest to Raphael and sometimes attributed to him is in Vienna in the Albertina (1515-1516). The style of the fresco by Sodoma is the nearest he approached to that of Raphael, although Sodoma’s painting is more theatrical and more crowded in detail. (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-SODOMA-VF-MA-J04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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