Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Room of Apollo and the Muses
Alternate Title:
Sala di Apollo e delle Muse
Image View:
Detail, a Muse in a spandrel
Creator:
Giorgio Vasari (Italian painter, 1511-1574)
Location:
site: Casa di Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Via XX Settembre, 55
GPS:
43.468976 11.880101
Date:
completed 1550 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
allegory; cycles or series; deities; mythology (Classical); Apollo (Greek deity); Muses (Greek deities)
Description:
Vasari bought this house in 1541, and rebuilt it, finishing in 1547. Vasari started decorating it with his paintings in 1542, completing them sometime after 1548. In this room, Apollo is depicted in a center roundel surrounded by Muses on a purely decorative vaulted ceiling. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-VG-CGV-RPM-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Room of Apollo and the Muses