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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Council of the Gods
Work_PrefTitle
Council of the Gods
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Detail, the grisaille-painted telamons between lunettes
Image_Title
Detail, the grisaille-painted telamons between lunettes
Image View
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Creator:
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Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian painter, 1582-1647)
Agent_Display
Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian painter, 1582-1647)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Villa Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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repository: Villa Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
Work_LocationNotes
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
Location Note
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GPS:
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41.914 12.492
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Date:
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1624-1625 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1624-1625 (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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Baroque
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Baroque
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
Work_Worktype1
fresco (painting)
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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pigment on plaster (fresco)
Work_MaterialDisplay
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Material
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Technique
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Subjects:
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allegory; deities; mythology (Classical); Borghese family; trompe l'oeil; telamons; Olympus
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
allegory; deities; mythology (Classical); Borghese family; trompe l'oeil; telamons; Olympus
Subjects
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Description:
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Lanfranco carried out one of the first examples of Baroque painting in Rome for Cardinal Scipione Borghese. The Council of the Gods is a ceiling fresco of a large room on the first floor of Casino Pinciano on the grounds of the Villa Borghese, designed at the time as an open loggia opening on to the park. Lanfranco employed the illusionist device of the "quadratura" from the Roman tradition; he treated the ceiling center and the vault as a unified illusionistic space. He used a trabeated system (a construction using lintels rather than arches) painted in perspective along the perimeter of the walls, supported by pairs of grisaille painted telamons (columns sculpted in the form of a man) alternated with lunettes. The loggia was enclosed in 1779 before being restored by Domenico Corvi, a Rome-based Neo-Classical painter. (Source: Discover Baroque Art; www.discoverbaroquea rt.org)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Lanfranco carried out one of the first examples of Baroque painting in Rome for Cardinal Scipione Borghese. The Council of the Gods is a ceiling fresco of a large room on the first floor of Casino Pinciano on the grounds of the Villa Borghese, designed at the time as an open loggia opening on to the park. Lanfranco employed the illusionist device of the "quadratura" from the Roman tradition; he treated the ceiling center and the vault as a unified illusionistic space. He used a trabeated system (a construction using lintels rather than arches) painted in perspective along the perimeter of the walls, supported by pairs of grisaille painted telamons (columns sculpted in the form of a man) alternated with lunettes. The loggia was enclosed in 1779 before being restored by Domenico Corvi, a Rome-based Neo-Classical painter. (Source: Discover Baroque Art; www.discoverbaroquea rt.org)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-LANFRANC-BG-COG- A12
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-LANFRANC-BG-COG- A12
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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