# Fresco on the east wall \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIULIO ROMANO]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The picture shows a detail of the east wall fresco representing a cyclops. The facial forms of the cyclops blur, monster and monkey shout at each other. Out of the blood of the giants, in keeping with medieval interpretation of Ovid, little monkeys emerge: the giants, having lapsed into the sin of pride, have revealed their true animal essence in monkeys that only superficially resemble human beings. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Ajax Defends Patroclus's Corps]() - [Ajax Defends Patroclus's Corps]() - [Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga]() - [Battle of Zama]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()