Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Hall of the Triumph of Virtue
Alternate Title:
Sala del Trionfo della Virtù
Image View:
Detail, central medallion, Expulsion of Envy and Fortune by Virtue (center)
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:
1548 (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); grisaille
Subjects:
allegory; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Jupiter (Roman deity); Mercury (Roman deity); Zodiac; trompe l'oeil; astrology
Description:
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.oxfordart online.com/)
Image Description:
Fortune, with wings and long hair, is identified with Chance; and in that sense, is to be overcome by Virtue.
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-VG-CGV-RVT-C01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Hall of the Triumph of Virtue