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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Feast in the House of Levi
Work_PrefTitle
Feast in the House of Levi
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Last Supper
Work_AltTitle
Last Supper
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Detail, elaborate architecture depicted in the background of the central arch
Image_Title
Detail, elaborate architecture depicted in the background of the central arch
Image View
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Creator:
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Paolo Veronese (Italian painter, 1528-1588)
Agent_Display
Paolo Veronese (Italian painter, 1528-1588)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Galleria dell'Accademia (Venice, Veneto, Italy) Cat. 203
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Galleria dell'Accademia (Venice, Veneto, Italy) Cat. 203
Location
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Location Note:
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Campo della Carità, Dorsoduro 1050
Work_LocationNotes
Campo della Carità, Dorsoduro 1050
Location Note
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GPS:
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45.4315 12.3281
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Date:
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1573 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1573 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
painting (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
Work_MaterialDisplay
oil paint on canvas
Material
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
Work_Technique
oil painting (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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5.55 m (height) x 12.80 m (width)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
5.55 m (height) x 12.80 m (width)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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architecture; genre; New Testament; Apostles; Dominicans; Jesus Christ
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
architecture; genre; New Testament; Apostles; Dominicans; Jesus Christ
Subjects
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Description:
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The Feast in the House of Levi was commissioned to replace a Last Supper (of Titian that perished in a fire) in the Dominican refectory of SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. A tripartite arcade, Palladian in proportion and detail, frames the whole, presenting the upper room as an open loggia with the banisters of the lateral staircases leading the eye to Christ at the center, framed by the arch. The steps resemble those leading to the raised sanctuaries sometimes found in Romanesque churches of North Italy, thus associating the center with the sanctuary and the table with the altar (Rosand, 1973). The sacred figures are thus isolated from the wealth of incident around them but the picture nonetheless attracted the attention of the Inquisition, which sensed heresy in having 'drunken buffoons, armed Germans, dwarfs, and similar scurrilities' present at the Last Supper. Veronese was ordered to correct his composition, to which he ultimately responded by changing its title to Feast in the House of Levi, a subject requiring 'a great company of publicans' (Luke 5:29) (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The Feast in the House of Levi was commissioned to replace a Last Supper (of Titian that perished in a fire) in the Dominican refectory of SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. A tripartite arcade, Palladian in proportion and detail, frames the whole, presenting the upper room as an open loggia with the banisters of the lateral staircases leading the eye to Christ at the center, framed by the arch. The steps resemble those leading to the raised sanctuaries sometimes found in Romanesque churches of North Italy, thus associating the center with the sanctuary and the table with the altar (Rosand, 1973). The sacred figures are thus isolated from the wealth of incident around them but the picture nonetheless attracted the attention of the Inquisition, which sensed heresy in having 'drunken buffoons, armed Germans, dwarfs, and similar scurrilities' present at the Last Supper. Veronese was ordered to correct his composition, to which he ultimately responded by changing its title to Feast in the House of Levi, a subject requiring 'a great company of publicans' (Luke 5:29) (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-VERON-BHL-A17
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-VERON-BHL-A17
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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