03 — ARTWORK
Tomb of Pope Innocent XI
MONNOT, Pierre Etienne · 1704 →
- MEDIUM
- Marble
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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The tomb is located in the south aisleside of a nave separated from the nave proper by a colonnade, by extension, a similar feature in the transept or choir. of St Peter's. Monnot revived Bernini's polychrome design for papal tombs, first used in the tomb of Urban VIII. His positioning of the allegorical figures of Religion and Justice on the sarcophagusA coffin or tomb, made of stone, wood or terracotta, and sometimes (especially among the Greeks and Romans) carved with inscriptions and reliefs. was an innovation. As compared with Bernini's tombs, it is exaggeratedly ornamented, even if it does reflect the outline of Bernini's tombs, it suffers from a too small figure of the pope and from the affectation which heralded the advent of RococoA style of design, painting, and architecture dominating the 18th century, often considered the last stage of the Baroque. Developing in the Paris townhouses of the French aristocracy at the turn of the 18th century, Rococo was elegant and ornately decorative, its mood lighthearted and witty. Louis XV furniture, richly decorated with organic forms, is a typical product. Leading exponents of the Rococo sryle included the French painters Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), and the German architect Johann Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753). Rococo gave way to Neo-classicism..
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