Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Palazzo del Te; Chamber of the Winds

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Palazzo del Te; Chamber of the Winds
Alternate Title: 
Palazzo Te; Camera dei Venti
Image View: 
General view of the vault with stuccowork divisions, hexagons of the Olympic gods and roundels of the constellations
Creator: 
Giulio Romano (Italian painter, 1499-1546); Rinaldo Mantovano (Italian painter, active 1528-1564)
Location: 
site: Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
Location Note: 
Viale Te, 13
GPS: 
+45.14737+10.78728
Date: 
1527-1528 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1: 
fresco (painting)
Work Type 2: 
stuccowork
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
carved plaster (stucco); pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique: 
carving (processes); fresco painting (technique)
Subjects: 
cycles or series; decorative arts; deities; mythology (Classical); Astronomy; Gonzaga family; Zodiac
Description: 
The room owes its name to the masks of the personified winds in the lower part of the vault and is dedicated to the theme of astrology. The motif of the influence the stars have on man’s destiny, is reflected in the inscription from the Latin poet Juvenal on the door of the south wall: DISTAT ENIM QVAE SYDERA TE EXCIPIANT ("It depends in fact which stars welcome you [when you are born]"). The hexagons of the vault depict the Olympian gods and the roundels below illustrate the constellations. Interspersed are squares or rectangles of stucco painted to look like bronze with the symbols of the zodiac. (Source: Palazzo Te [website]; http://www.palazzote.it)
Image Description: 
Interspersed are squares or rectangles of stucco painted to look like bronze with the symbols of the zodiac.
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
1A1-RG-PT-I-COW-A06
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.