Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Palazzo Altemps: Antechamber of the Four Seasons Frescoes
Alternate Title:
Palazzo Altemps: Sala delle Quattro Stagioni
Image View:
Detail, one of the square scenes of ruins in a landscape, flanked by "grotesques"
Creator:
Antonio Viviani (Italian painter, 1560-1620)
Location:
site: Palazzo Altemps (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
GPS:
41.900935 12.473053
Date:
1592 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
allegory; landscape; Restoration and conservation; Four Seasons; picturesque ruins
Description:
This room was the antechamber to the Cardinal (or Duke's) bedroom. At the center of each wall is a medallion with the personification of a season, flanked by squares of landscapes with ruins and grotesque figures. The frescoes (1592) are by Antonio Viviani, also known as Il Sordo d'Urbino. In 1876 frieze and ceiling were repainted, but they have been restored. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-R-PAL-FS-B04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Palazzo Altemps: Antechamber of the Four Seasons Frescoes