CARRACCI, Annibale (b. 1560, Bologna, d. 1609, Roma) Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne 1597-1602 Fresco Palazzo Farnese, Rome The huge ceiling in the reception room of Palazzo Farnese, painted just as the seventeenth century was beginning, was part of a great cycle of decorative paintings on the theme The Loves of the Gods, which Carracci painted for Cardinal Odoardo Farnese. Annibale Carracci transformed the reception room into a shining collection of classical pictures. In fact, the decoration was not intended to be a single scene, but imitated a collection of framed paintings surrounding t
CARRACCI, Annibale (b. 1560, Bologna, d. 1609, Roma) Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne 1597-1602 Fresco Palazzo Farnese, Rome The huge ceiling in the reception room of Palazzo Farnese, painted just as the seventeenth century was beginning, was part of a great cycle of decorative paintings on the theme The Loves of the Gods, which Carracci painted for Cardinal Odoardo Farnese. Annibale Carracci transformed the reception room into a shining collection of classical pictures. In fact, the decoration was not intended to be a single scene, but imitated a collection of framed paintings surrounding the main scene. This was the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne which fills the centre of the ceiling. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: CARRACCI, Annibale Title: Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Italian Form: painting Type: mythological
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