Title

Rome, Villa Farnesina, The Hall of Perspectives

Caption

Rome, Villa Farnesina, The Hall of Perspectives: the ample frieze with mythological scenes inspired by the Ovid Metamorphoses. Detail of Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing stones.
Frescoes by Baldassarre Peruzzi (1517-8).
Once the deluge was over and the couple had given thanks to Zeus, Deucalion (said in several of the sources to have been aged 82 at the time) consulted an oracle of Themis about how to repopulate the earth. He was told to cover his head and throw the bones of your mother behind your shoulder. Deucalion and Pyrrha understood that "mother" is Gaia, the mother of all living things, and the "bones" to be rocks. They threw the rocks behind their shoulders and the stones formed people. Pyrrha's became women; Deucalion's became men.
Villa Farnesina, Roma (RM) - Rome, Lazio, Italia - Italy

Date

Dec 03, 2003

Credit line

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Reference

GHR20A02_239

License type

Rights managed

Available size

125,8Mb (10,4Mb) / 27,1in x 18,0in / 8128 x 5408 (300dpi)

Keywords

XVI secolo XVI century Affresco Fresco Baldassarre Peruzzi Dea Goddess Deucalione Deucalion Divinità Divinity Fregio Frieze Gaia Il Cinquecento 16th Century Italia Italy Lazio Letteratura Literature Manierismo Mannerism Metamorfosi Metamorphoses Mito greco Greek Myth Mitologia Mythology Olimpo Olympus Ovidio Ovid Pietra Stone Pirra Pyrrha Pittura Painting Poesia Poetry Poeta Poet Rinascimento Renaissance Roma Rome Salone Hall Temi Themis Tempio Temple Terra Earth Villa Farnesina XVI secolo XVI century

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