03 — ARTWORK
Rea Silvia
VALDAMBRINO, Francesco di · 1419 →
- MEDIUM
- Marble, height 162 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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The Fonte Gaia in Siena included allusions to the city's Roman history and Christian virtues, culminating in the central Madonna and Child. While most of the sculpture was in reliefA sculptural work in which all or part projects from the flat surface. There are three basic forms: low relief (bas-relief, basso rilievo), in which figures project less than half their depth from the background; medium relief (mezzo-rilievo), in which figures are seen half round; and high relief (alto rilievo), in which figures are almost detached from their background., two freestanding figures formed part of the Roman iconographyThe systematic study and identification of the subject-matter and symbolism of art works, as opposed to their style; the set of symbolic forms on which a given work is based. Originally, the study and identification of classical portraits. Renaissance art drew heavily on two iconographical traditions: Christianity, and ancient Greek and Roman art, thought and literature.: Acca Larentia, the goatherd's wife who cared for the young Romulus and Remus, and Rea Silvia, their mother. The latter was carved from Jacopo della Quercia's model by his collaborator Francesco di Valdambrino.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Rea Silvia by VALDAMBRINO, Francesco di},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valdambrino-francesco-di-raaeec53c18d6c1/rea-silvia-r32632232bd513f},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
