Series of the Seven Wonders of the World (prints)

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Series of the Seven Wonders of the World (prints) is a renowned 16th-century print series depicting the classical Seven Wonders, celebrated for popularizing their imagined appearance in Renaissance art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork ⓘ
print series ⓘ
artisticStyle Mannerism ⓘ
Renaissance classicism ⓘ
basedOn classical literary descriptions of the Seven Wonders ⓘ
circulation widely distributed in early modern Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
culturalContext humanist interest in classical antiquity ⓘ
depictionType imagined reconstruction ⓘ
depicts Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
genre architectural print ⓘ
topographical print ⓘ
hasInfluenced Renaissance and early modern visual culture of the ancient world ⓘ
later print series of ancient monuments ⓘ
hasPart print of the Colossus of Rhodes ⓘ
print of the Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
print of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
print of the Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
print of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ⓘ
print of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
print of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
intendedAudience educated European collectors ⓘ
intendedUse decorative wall images ⓘ
didactic illustration of ancient wonders ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject Colossus of Rhodes ⓘ
Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ⓘ
Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ⓘ
medium engraving ⓘ
intaglio print ⓘ
movement Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor influencing later depictions of the Seven Wonders ⓘ
popularizing visual imagery of the Seven Wonders in Renaissance Europe ⓘ
subjectOf art historical scholarship on Renaissance representations of antiquity ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
usesMaterial ink ⓘ
paper ⓘ
visualCharacteristics complex figural staffage ⓘ
detailed architectural renderings ⓘ
dramatic landscape settings ⓘ

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Maarten van Heemskerck → notableWork → Series of the Seven Wonders of the World (prints) ⓘ