The Parnassus

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The Parnassus is a famous fresco by Raphael in the Vatican Stanze that depicts the mythological Mount Parnassus as a gathering place for Apollo and the Muses alongside celebrated poets from antiquity and the Renaissance.

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Label Occurrences
The Parnassus canonical 7
Il Parnaso 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Julius II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Raphael ⓘ
culturalContext papal patronage ⓘ
depicts Apollo ⓘ
Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Renaissance poets ⓘ
Sappho ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
lyre-playing Apollo ⓘ
poets of antiquity ⓘ
sacred landscape of Parnassus ⓘ
the Muses ⓘ
function decoration of papal apartments ⓘ
genre mythological painting ⓘ
hasArtisticStyle balanced composition ⓘ
classical idealization ⓘ
iconographicProgram representation of poetry among the liberal arts in the Stanza della Segnatura ⓘ
inception circa 1510 ⓘ
inscription SAPPHO on the tablet held by Sappho ⓘ
locatedIn Vatican City ⓘ
Vatican Museums ⓘ
locatedInRoom Stanza della Segnatura ⓘ
materialUsed pigments on plaster ⓘ
movement High Renaissance ⓘ
originalLanguageContext Italian Renaissance culture ⓘ
partOf Raphael Rooms ⓘ
Stanze di Raffaello ⓘ
linked to: Raphael Rooms
positionWithinRoom wall opposite The School of Athens ⓘ
seriesWith Cardinal and Theological Virtues (and Law) ⓘ
The Disputa ⓘ
The School of Athens ⓘ
significance key monument of High Renaissance art ⓘ
major work of Raphael ⓘ
subjectMatter poetry ⓘ
theme celebration of poetic inspiration ⓘ
usesTechnique fresco painting ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raphael Rooms → containsWork → The Parnassus ⓘ
Stanza della Segnatura → hasFresco → The Parnassus ⓘ
Stanza della Segnatura → containsWork → Il Parnaso ⓘ
linked to: The Parnassus
Room of the Segnatura → hasFresco → The Parnassus ⓘ
Works by Raphael → hasNotableWork → The Parnassus ⓘ