Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Palazzo Chiericati; Hall of the Council of the Gods
Alternate Title:
Palazzo Chiericati; Sala del Concilio degli Dei
Image View:
Overall view, looking directly up, center square panel with figures foreshortened
Creator:
Bartolomeo Ridolfi (Italian stuccoist, died ca. 1571); Giovanni Battista Zelotti (Italian artist, 1526-1578)
Location:
repository: Palazzo Chiericati (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Matteotti 37/39
GPS:
45.549167 11.549167
Date:
ca. 1558 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
ceiling
Work Type 2:
stuccowork
Work Type 3:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco); stucco
Technique:
fresco painting (technique); grisaille; molding (forming)
Subjects:
cycles or series; decorative arts; mythology (Classical)
Description:
Zelotti was a contemporary of Paolo Veronese and shared work with him. Zelotti came to embody the Veronese tradition on the mainland. He frescoed several villas (notably the Villa Emo and the Villa Foscari) designed by Andrea Palladio; the exact number is not known. The Council of the Gods was a frequent ceiling theme of the period; Zelotti painted the theme several times, including the Doge's Palace in Venice. The central panel is a square, with figures rendered with extreme foreshortening. Around this are oval paintings in grisaille with elaborate cartouches in stuccowork. Interspersed in the ribs and vaults are small details based on Roman cameos. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-VI-PC-HCG-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Palazzo Chiericati; Hall of the Council of the Gods