Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Mantua / Palazzo Te / Camera dei Venti

GESTURES AND EXPRESSION

Diving

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Northern hemisphere / Delphinus
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Southern hemisphere / Argo (Navis) / Influence of Argo
Astronomy and astrology / Decans and paranatellonta / Cycles / Mantua, Palazzo Te, Camera dei Venti (Giulio Romano, 1527-1528)
Astronomy and astrology / Decans and paranatellonta / Paranatellonta, by zodiac sign and decan / Aries / Miscellaneous
Astronomy and astrology / Decans and paranatellonta / Paranatellonta, by zodiac sign and decan / Capricornus / Miscellaneous

SOCIAL LIFE

Ships / Sailing ships and boats / Miscellaneous
Bathing / Bathers in a river, lake or the sea

Further details

Navis, in the fourth degree of Aries, produces sailors (Firmicus, Mathesis, VIII, 6, 1), and Delphinus, in the eighth degree of Capricornus, produces swimmers and (in presence of Saturn) divers (Firmicus, Mathesis, VIII, 15, 2)

Artist or creator

Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi) (c1499-1546)

Date

1527 - 1528

Location

Mantua, Palazzo Te

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Ernst Gombrich, The Sala dei Venti in the Palazzo del Te, in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institute 13 (1950), pp. 189-201, pp. 190, 194

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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