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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Great Pyramid of Giza NERFINISHED
Hanging Gardens of Babylon NERFINISHED
Lighthouse of Alexandria NERFINISHED
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus NERFINISHED
Statue of Zeus at Olympia NERFINISHED
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus NERFINISHED
medium engraving
intaglio print
movement Renaissance NERFINISHED
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)