Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Room of Apollo and the Muses
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Room of Apollo and the Muses
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Alternate Title:
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Sala di Apollo e delle Muse
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Image View:
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Detail, center roundel with Apollo, a violin and two cherubs
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Creator:
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Giorgio Vasari (Italian painter, 1511-1574)
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Location:
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site: Casa di Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via XX Settembre, 55
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GPS:
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+43.468976+11.880101
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Date:
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completed 1550 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
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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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Subjects:
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allegory; cycles or series; deities; mythology (Classical); Apollo (Greek deity); Muses (Greek deities)
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Description:
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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.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-VG-CGV-RPM-A09
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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