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ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Mantua / Palazzo Te / Camera dei Venti

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Southern hemisphere / Ara / Influence of Ara
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 / Scorpio / Miscellaneous

RITUAL

Sacrifice / Animals / Bull

Further details

Ara, in the first degree of Scorpio, produces priests (Firmicus, Mathesis, VIII, 13, 1)

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, p. 192f.

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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