Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Hall of the Triumph of Virtue
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Hall of the Triumph of Virtue
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Alternate Title:
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Sala del Trionfo della Virtù
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Image View:
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Detail, upper register, allegorical figure over the door
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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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1548 (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); grisaille
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Subjects:
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allegory; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Jupiter (Roman deity); Mercury (Roman deity); Zodiac; trompe l'oeil; astrology
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Description:
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Vasari bought this house in 1541, and rebuilt it, finishing in 1547; he also painted the interiors from 1542-ca. 1548. It is characteristic of his self-confidence that he lavished as much effort on his own house as on those of his patrons. This may also reflect the influence of the elaborately decorated houses of Andrea Mantegna and Giulio Romano, which he had seen in Mantua in 1541. The Sala del Trionfo della Virtù (the main hall of the house), painted in 1548, includes monochrome (grisaille) frescoes illustrating well-known anecdotes about artists of antiquity recorded by Pliny. The rest of the iconography is focused on the role and the influence of the stars (astrology) on human life, allegorical figures, and, on the ceiling, The Triumph of Virtue, who struggles with Fortune and Envy. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Image Description:
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Upper register, "ancient" landscapes interspersed with allegorical figures connected to artistic practice; Exertion, Imitation, Justice, Honor, Happiness, Knowledge (as Minerva), Charity, Liberality, Immortality, Fertility of Nature and Prudence.
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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-RVT-A15
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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