Council of the Gods (Casino Ludovisi, Rome)

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Council of the Gods (Casino Ludovisi, Rome) is a celebrated Baroque ceiling fresco by Giovanni Lanfranco depicting an assembly of classical deities in a dramatic illusionistic composition.

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instanceOf Baroque painting ⓘ
ceiling fresco ⓘ
religious artwork ⓘ
artForm mural painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important example of early Baroque ceiling illusionism in Rome ⓘ
artisticStyle illusionistic ceiling painting ⓘ
quadratura-like illusionism ⓘ
artPeriod 17th century ⓘ
associatedWith Ludovisi family ⓘ
commissionedFor Casino Ludovisi ceiling ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
creator Giovanni Lanfranco ⓘ
culturalContext Catholic Baroque Rome ⓘ
depictionType mythological allegory ⓘ
depicts Olympian pantheon ⓘ
assembly of gods ⓘ
classical deities ⓘ
gods in celestial council ⓘ
mythological scene ⓘ
function decorative ceiling program ⓘ
genre Baroque art ⓘ
hasPart foreshortened figures ⓘ
illusionistic sky opening ⓘ
painted architectural framework ⓘ
influencedBy Annibale Carracci ⓘ
Correggio’s illusionistic domes ⓘ
lightingEffect chiaroscuro ⓘ
location Casino Ludovisi ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
material pigments on plaster ⓘ
movement Italian Baroque ⓘ
notableFor dramatic illusionistic composition ⓘ
dynamic foreshortening ⓘ
integration of architecture and painting ⓘ
patronageContext Roman aristocratic patronage ⓘ
perspectiveDevice di sotto in sù ⓘ
relatedWork other Baroque ceiling frescoes in Rome ⓘ
school Roman Baroque school ⓘ
linked to: Italian Baroque
setting private villa ⓘ
subjectMatter council of Olympian gods ⓘ
linked to: Council of the Gods
technique fresco ⓘ

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Giovanni Lanfranco → notableWork → Council of the Gods (Casino Ludovisi, Rome) ⓘ