Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Titanomachy

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Titanomachy
Image View: 
Detail, the Titans being attacked
Creator: 
Francesco Podesti (Italian painter, 1800-1895)
Location: 
repository: Museo di Roma (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note: 
Palazzo Braschi; Piazza di S. Pantaleo, 10
GPS: 
+41.8973+12.4729
Date: 
ca. 1830-1839 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1: 
cartoon (working drawing)
Work Type 2: 
drawing (visual work)
Classification: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Material: 
ink wash on paper
Technique: 
drawing (image-making)
Subjects: 
deities; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); titans
Description: 
Podesti had little interest in classical subjects as themes and rendered them only as part of decorative frescowork, as in his paintings (ca. 1830s; destroyed 1902) for the Palazzo Torlonia (destroyed 1902) in Rome. This drawing is part of the collections at Museo di Roma which preserved some works from the Palazzo Torlonia. In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy was a ten-year series of battles fought in Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (an older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys) fighting against the Olympians. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A1-POD-MOR-T-A03
Rights: 
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