Parnassus (fresco in Villa Albani)

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Parnassus (fresco in Villa Albani) is a celebrated Neoclassical ceiling fresco by Anton Raphael Mengs depicting Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus, often regarded as a manifesto of early Neoclassicism in Rome.

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Parnassus (fresco in Villa Albani) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical painting ⓘ
ceiling fresco ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ
artForm fresco ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
artisticGoal emulation of classical harmony and clarity ⓘ
artisticStyle Neoclassical ⓘ
associatedPlace Villa Albani-Torlonia complex ⓘ
associatedWith Johann Joachim Winckelmann ⓘ
Roman artistic circles of the 1760s ⓘ
colorPalette restrained and luminous Neoclassical palette ⓘ
commissionedBy Cardinal Alessandro Albani ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
creator Anton Raphael Mengs ⓘ
culturalContext Roman Neoclassicism ⓘ
linked to: Neoclassicism
depicts Apollo ⓘ
Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Mount Parnassus from Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to: Mount Parnassus

classical mythology ⓘ
gathering of poets and muses ⓘ
gathering on a sacred mountain of the arts ⓘ
idealized classical landscape ⓘ
lyre of Apollo ⓘ
the Muses ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
hasPart allegorical figures of poetry and the arts ⓘ
central figure of Apollo ⓘ
figures of the Nine Muses ⓘ
iconography classical deities and muses ⓘ
inception 1760s ⓘ
influencedBy Raphael’s Parnassus (Vatican Stanze) ⓘ
ancient Roman wall painting ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
location Rome ⓘ
Villa Albani ⓘ
materialUsed pigments on wet plaster ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor clarity of contour and balanced composition ⓘ
didactic Neoclassical program ⓘ
patronage Roman aristocratic patronage ⓘ
position ceiling ⓘ
significance manifesto of early Neoclassicism in Rome ⓘ
subjectHeading Apollo and the Muses ⓘ
linked to: Apollo Musagetes
theme celebration of poetry and the arts ⓘ
revival of classical ideals ⓘ

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Anton Raphael Mengs → notableWork → Parnassus (fresco in Villa Albani) ⓘ