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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Palazzo del Te; Chamber of Ovid or Metamorphosis
Work_PrefTitle
Palazzo del Te; Chamber of Ovid or Metamorphosis
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Palazzo Te; Camera di Ovidio o delle Metamorfosi
Work_AltTitle
Palazzo Te; Camera di Ovidio o delle Metamorfosi
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Fireplace in red Verona marble with Gonzaga emblem of Mount Olympus
Image_Title
Fireplace in red Verona marble with Gonzaga emblem of Mount Olympus
Image View
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Creator:
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Agostino da Mozzanica (Italian painter, active 1520s); Anselmo Guazzi (Italian painter, active 1527-1549); Giulio Romano (Italian designer, 1499-1546)
Agent_Display
Agostino da Mozzanica (Italian painter, active 1520s); Anselmo Guazzi (Italian painter, active 1527-1549); Giulio Romano (Italian designer, 1499-1546)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
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site: Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Viale Te, 13
Work_LocationNotes
Viale Te, 13
Location Note
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GPS:
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45.14737 10.78728
GPS
45.14737 10.78728
GPS
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Date:
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1502-1527 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1502-1527 (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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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
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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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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work_Classification
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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)
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique)
Technique
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Subjects:
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decorative arts; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Gonzaga family; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
decorative arts; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Gonzaga family; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Subjects
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Description:
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The room, called "camarino" in the sources for its modest dimensions, is named for the subjects in the friezes, inspired by Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Starting from the entrance wall, proceeding to the right, the subjects are: Orpheus in the Underworld; Torment of Marsyas (South wall); Judgment of Paris; Bacchus and Ariadne; Dance of Satyrs and Maenads (West wall); Contest between Apollo and Pan; Bacchus drunk; Maenads tormenting a Satyr (East wall). The mythological themes are alternated with fantasy landscapes, except the landscape on the north wall, to the right of the window, which shows a royal view of Palazzo Te as it was supposed to appear from the walls of Mantua in 1527. Fireplace in red Verona marble is surmounted by the Mount Olympus and bears the dedicatory inscription: "F[edericus] G[onzaga] II M[archio] M[antue] V "], (Federico Gonzaga II, 5th Marquis of Mantua). There are some remnants of fresco dating back to 1502 belonging to Francesco II Gonzaga's former stables. (Source: Palazzo Te [website]; http://www.palazzote .it)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The room, called "camarino" in the sources for its modest dimensions, is named for the subjects in the friezes, inspired by Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Starting from the entrance wall, proceeding to the right, the subjects are: Orpheus in the Underworld; Torment of Marsyas (South wall); Judgment of Paris; Bacchus and Ariadne; Dance of Satyrs and Maenads (West wall); Contest between Apollo and Pan; Bacchus drunk; Maenads tormenting a Satyr (East wall). The mythological themes are alternated with fantasy landscapes, except the landscape on the north wall, to the right of the window, which shows a royal view of Palazzo Te as it was supposed to appear from the walls of Mantua in 1527. Fireplace in red Verona marble is surmounted by the Mount Olympus and bears the dedicatory inscription: "F[edericus] G[onzaga] II M[archio] M[antue] V "], (Federico Gonzaga II, 5th Marquis of Mantua). There are some remnants of fresco dating back to 1502 belonging to Francesco II Gonzaga's former stables. (Source: Palazzo Te [website]; http://www.palazzote .it)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-RG-PT-I-CO-A01
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-RG-PT-I-CO-A01
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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