Aurora

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Aurora is a celebrated Baroque fresco by Italian painter Guido Reni, renowned for its graceful depiction of the goddess of dawn leading Apollo’s chariot across the sky.

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Aurora canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque artwork ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
artForm mural painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
artworkSurface ceiling ⓘ
commissionedBy Cardinal Scipione Borghese ⓘ
completionDate 1614 ⓘ
conservationStatus well preserved ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Guido Reni ⓘ
creatorBirthPlace Bologna ⓘ
creatorNationality Italian ⓘ
depictionOrientation horizontal frieze-like procession ⓘ
depicts Apollo ⓘ
Apollo’s chariot ⓘ
Aurora (goddess) ⓘ
Hours (Horae) ⓘ
linked to: Horae
depictsTimeOfDay dawn ⓘ
genre mythological painting ⓘ
hasPart figure of Apollo ⓘ
figure of Aurora ⓘ
four horses ⓘ
procession of Hours ⓘ
hasPerspective illusionistic foreshortening ⓘ
heritageDesignation cultural heritage of Italy ⓘ
iconographicTheme triumph of light over darkness ⓘ
inception 1614 ⓘ
influenced later Baroque ceiling painting ⓘ
inspiredBy classical mythology ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi ⓘ
location Casino dell’Aurora ⓘ
locationCity Rome ⓘ
locationCountry Italy ⓘ
mainSubject goddess of dawn ⓘ
solar chariot ⓘ
materialUsed fresco technique ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableFor graceful depiction of movement ⓘ
illusionistic ceiling decoration ⓘ
partOf decoration program of Casino dell’Aurora ⓘ
patronage Borghese family ⓘ
startTime 1613 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic balanced composition ⓘ
clear, luminous color ⓘ
idealized figures ⓘ
titleInEnglish Aurora ⓘ
titleInItalian Aurora ⓘ
usesTechnique chiaroscuro ⓘ

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