Title

Rome, Villa Farnesina: view of the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche

Caption

Rome, Villa Farnesina: view of the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche.The Loggia takes its name from the decoration frescoed on the vault by Raphael and his workshop in 1517-18. The frescos represent episodes from the fable of Psyche, narrated in Apuleiu’s Golden Ass, which had already been used in the fifteenth century for nuptial imagery.To give the space a festive and theatrical feel to it, Raphael also transformed the vault of the Loggia into a pergola, adorned with magnificent hanging festoons, as though the greenery of the gardens had invaded the Villa itself. In the centre he designed two fictive tapestries which depict the concluding scenes: the splendid Council of the Gods, where the unjustly persecuted girl is finally received by the gods with divine complacence, and the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, the symbolic culmination of the entire cycle.However, although the general layout of the cycle and planning of the individual scenes and figures are attributed to the intuitive genius of Raphael (proven by a number of autographic sketches), the actual completion of the designs into frescos was carried out by his numerous workshop assistants, including Giovanni Francesco Penni, Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine. The latter, in particular, was the creator of the exuberant triumphal festoons.Villa Farnesina, Roma/Rome, Lazio, Italia/Italy

Date

Sep 19, 2015

Credit line

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Reference

GHR20A07_357

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Rights managed

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285,2Mb (15,8Mb) / 29,6in x 37,5in / 8871 x 11239 (300dpi)

Keywords

loggia Architectural Detail Landscape Gardening Affresco Fresco Amore Love Amore e Psiche Cupid Psyche Apuleio Apuleius Architettura Architecture Architettura dei giardini Arte Art Artista Artist Dei greci Greek Gods Dettaglio architettonico Divinità Divinity Edificio Building Fioritura Bloom Flora Frutto Fruit Giardino Garden Giovan Francesco Penni Giovanni da Udine Giulio Romano Il Cinquecento 16th Century Il Fattore Italia Italy L'Asino d'Oro The Golden Ass Lazio Metamorfosi Metamorphoses Mito latino Latin Myth Mitologia Mythology Olimpo Olympus Opera d'arte Artwork Pittura Painting Raffaellino del Colle Raffaello Raphael Ramo Branch Roma Rome Tralcio Shoot Villa Mansion Villa Farnesina XVI secolo XVI century loggia

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