Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Stanza delle Nozze: Alexander Meeting Sisygambis
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Stanza delle Nozze: Alexander Meeting Sisygambis
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Alternate Title:
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Women of Darius's Family before Alexander the Great
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Image View:
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Detail, putti gathering firewood (rushes) in fresco next to the fireplace
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Creator:
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Sodoma (Italian painter, 1477-1549)
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Location:
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repository: Villa Farnesina (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via della Lungara, 230
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GPS:
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+41.893611+12.4675
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Date:
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ca. 1517 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance; Sixteenth century
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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 (fresco)
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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allegory; literary or legendary; military or war; rulers and leaders; Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.; Chigi, Agostino, 1466-1520; Darius I, King of Persia, 548 B.C.-485 B.C.; Greek Empire
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Description:
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Represents Alexander’s magnanimity towards the mother and daughters of the defeated Darius of Persia. This is the south wall of the room, which was Chigi's bedchamber, adjacent to the banquet hall. Only two of the walls are by Sodoma. Sisygambis, the mother of the defeated Persian ruler, initially mistook Hephaistion for Alexander, but the true ruler inclines graciously toward her. The smithy scene along the base of the wall alludes to the love themes and to the fireplace. (Source: Web Gallery of Art; http://www.wga.hu/index.html)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-SODOMA-VF-AMS-A19
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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