Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Angels Battling Demons; Apartment of St. Pius V
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Angels Battling Demons; Apartment of St. Pius V
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Alternate Title:
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Storie angeliche; Appartamento di San Pio V
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Image View:
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Detail, archangels destroying part human, part animal demons
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Creator:
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Federico Zuccaro (Italian painter, ca. 1540-1609); Giorgio Vasari (Italian painter, 1511-1574)
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Location:
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repository: Vatican Palace (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
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Location Note:
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Apostolic Palace; Apartment of St Pius V
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GPS:
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+41.903611+12.456389
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Date:
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1570-1571 (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); 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; saints; Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397 ; Angels; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Michael (Archangel); Popes; archangels; demons; Hell; Latin Fathers of the Church
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Description:
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Ceiling painting of angels battling demons in the Apartment of St. Pius V (reigned 1566-1572). This Apartment consists of a gallery, two small rooms and a chapel. This ceiling is in the chapel, which is dedicated to St. Michael, Archangel. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivaticani.va/)
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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-VASARI-VM-AD-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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