03 — ARTWORK
Wall decoration
- MEDIUM
- Fresco
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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The picture shows a view of the SalaHall, large room. del Camino (Room of the Hearth). The room was decorated by Vasari personally with a plaster statue of Venus above the hearth. On the walls are frescoes of allegorical figures, landscapes, and scenes from the lives of the classicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. painters.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Wall decoration by VASARI, Giorgio},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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