The Loves of the Gods (Carracci)
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| '''''The Loves of the Gods''''' is a massive [[fresco]] cycle completed by [[Annibale Carracci]] and his studio in the [[Palazzo Farnese]] (now the French Embassy) in [[Rome]]. The fresco series was greatly admired in its time, and was later felt to reflect a change in aesthetic in Rome from [[Mannerism]] to [[Baroque]]. | '''''The Loves of the Gods''''' is a massive [[fresco]] cycle completed by [[Annibale Carracci]] and his studio in the [[Palazzo Farnese]] (now the French Embassy) in [[Rome]]. The fresco series was greatly admired in its time, and was later felt to reflect a change in aesthetic in Rome from [[Mannerism]] to [[Baroque]]. | ||
| + | ==Panels of Farnese Ceiling== | ||
| + | *Central Ceiling Fresco | ||
| + | *: ''Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne'' | ||
| + | * Ceiling Scenes | ||
| + | *: Bedding Scenes | ||
| + | *: ''Jove beds Juno'' | ||
| + | *: ''Venus, Cupid, and Anchise (father of Aeneas) (Genus Latinum)'' | ||
| + | *: ''Crescent-crowned Diane and Endymion'' | ||
| + | *: ''Hercules with tambourine and Iole with Club'' | ||
| + | *: Other | ||
| + | *: ''Europa and the Bull (Jupiter)'' | ||
| + | *: ''Aurora abducts Cephalus in her Chariot'' | ||
| + | *: ''Peleus abducts the Nereid Tethys'' | ||
| + | *: ''The Cyclops Polyphemus and the Nereid Galatea'' | ||
| + | *: ''The Cyclops Polyphemus Throws a Boulder at Fleeing Acis (and Galatea)'' | ||
| + | *: ''Ganymede and the Eagle (Jupiter)'' | ||
| + | *: ''Apollo abducts Hyacinth Skyward'' | ||
| + | *: ''Pan and Diana'' | ||
| + | *: ''Mercury Brings golden Apple to Paris'' | ||
| + | *Wall Scenes | ||
| + | *: ''Peseus rescues Andromeda from the Dragon'' | ||
| + | *: ''Perseus turns Phineas and followers to stone using the head of Medusa'' | ||
| + | *: ''The Virgin and the Unicorn'' | ||
| + | *: ''Icarus and Dedalus'' | ||
| + | *: ''Diane is shown the Jupiter-impregnated Callisto'' | ||
| + | *: ''Metamorphosis of Callisto into a Bear'' | ||
| + | *: ''Mercury and Apollo'' | ||
| + | *: ''Arion the Citharist is rescued by Dolphins'' | ||
| + | *: ''Minerva and Prometheus'' | ||
| + | *: ''Hercules slays the Dragon'' | ||
| + | *: ''Hercules liberates Prometheus'' | ||
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The Loves of the Gods is a massive fresco cycle completed by Annibale Carracci and his studio in the Palazzo Farnese (now the French Embassy) in Rome. The fresco series was greatly admired in its time, and was later felt to reflect a change in aesthetic in Rome from Mannerism to Baroque.
Panels of Farnese Ceiling
- Central Ceiling Fresco
- Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne
- Ceiling Scenes
- Bedding Scenes
- Jove beds Juno
- Venus, Cupid, and Anchise (father of Aeneas) (Genus Latinum)
- Crescent-crowned Diane and Endymion
- Hercules with tambourine and Iole with Club
- Other
- Europa and the Bull (Jupiter)
- Aurora abducts Cephalus in her Chariot
- Peleus abducts the Nereid Tethys
- The Cyclops Polyphemus and the Nereid Galatea
- The Cyclops Polyphemus Throws a Boulder at Fleeing Acis (and Galatea)
- Ganymede and the Eagle (Jupiter)
- Apollo abducts Hyacinth Skyward
- Pan and Diana
- Mercury Brings golden Apple to Paris
- Wall Scenes
- Peseus rescues Andromeda from the Dragon
- Perseus turns Phineas and followers to stone using the head of Medusa
- The Virgin and the Unicorn
- Icarus and Dedalus
- Diane is shown the Jupiter-impregnated Callisto
- Metamorphosis of Callisto into a Bear
- Mercury and Apollo
- Arion the Citharist is rescued by Dolphins
- Minerva and Prometheus
- Hercules slays the Dragon
- Hercules liberates Prometheus
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