Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Palazzo del Te; Chamber of the Winds
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Palazzo del Te; Chamber of the Winds
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Alternate Title:
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Palazzo Te; Camera dei Venti
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Image View:
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East wall, roundel representing Sagittarius: Arcturus; "Keepers of the royal palaces"
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Creator:
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Giulio Romano (Italian painter, 1499-1546); Rinaldo Mantovano (Italian painter, active 1528-1564)
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Location:
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site: Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Viale Te, 13
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GPS:
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+45.14737+10.78728
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Date:
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1527-1528 (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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Work Type 2:
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stuccowork
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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carved plaster (stucco); pigment on plaster (fresco)
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Technique:
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carving (processes); fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; decorative arts; deities; mythology (Classical); Astronomy; Gonzaga family; Zodiac
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Description:
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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)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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1A1-RG-PT-I-COW-A14
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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