Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Palazzo del Te; Loggia of the Muses
Alternate Title:
Palazzo Te; Loggia delle Muse
Image View:
Overall view of barrel vault; white stucco squares in the center depict Muses; the red painted borders contain accurate copies of Egyptian hieroglyphics
Creator:
workshop of Giulio Romano (Italian artist, 1499-1546)
Location:
site: Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
Location Note:
Viale Te, 13
GPS:
45.14737 10.78728
Date:
ca. 1527 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
loggia
Work Type 2:
fresco (painting)
Work Type 3:
stuccowork
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
carved plaster (stucco); pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
carving (processes); fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
allegory; deities; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Gonzaga family; Performing arts; Virgil; coats of arms; trompe l'oeill
Description:
The Loggia of the Muses was the entrance for guests who came from the "Cortile d'Onore" (Courtyard of Honor) into the state rooms. Here, Federico II used to welcome his visitors. The vault is dedicated to the Muses, protector deities of arts and science. The goddesses are modeled with plaster in the lacunars of the barrel vault, which are surrounded by classic and modern emblems and by accurate reproductions of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The lunette on the West wall depicts Apollo surrounded by objects evoking poetry and theater. The seriously damaged North wall depicts two episodes of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The lunette of the East wall celebrates the Latin poetry through its major personality, Virgil, born in Mantua. (Source: Palazzo Te [website]; http://www.palazzote .it)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
1A1-RG-PT-I-LM-A13
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Palazzo del Te; Loggia of the Muses