Aurora (Casino Ludovisi fresco)
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Aurora (Casino Ludovisi fresco) is a celebrated Baroque ceiling fresco in Rome by Guercino, depicting the goddess of dawn leading Apollo’s chariot across the sky.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque painting
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ceiling fresco ⓘ mythological painting ⓘ |
| artForm | mural painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| artisticMedium | fresco painting ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Bolognese school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Ludovisi family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Guercino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorName | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman Baroque art ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | illusionistic ceiling painting ⓘ |
| depicts |
Apollo
NERFINISHED
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Apollo’s chariot NERFINISHED ⓘ Aurora NERFINISHED ⓘ allegory of dawn ⓘ goddess driving across the heavens ⓘ movement of the sun across the sky ⓘ |
| genre | ceiling decoration ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMovement | Italian Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Roman mythology
NERFINISHED
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personification of dawn ⓘ solar chariot ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | important work of Roman Baroque ceiling painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical mythology ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| location | Casino Ludovisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | pigments on wet plaster ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic use of light and color
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dynamic composition ⓘ illusion of open sky ⓘ |
| partOf | decoration of Casino Ludovisi ⓘ |
| patron | Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technique | fresco ⓘ |
| title | Aurora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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