The Ideal City
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Artista |
Após Giuliano da Sangallo
(1445–1516) |
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Nomes alternativos |
Giuliano Giamberti; Giuliano Da Sangallo; Giuliano da San Gallo; Giuliano di Francesco da Sangallo; Guiliano di Francesco da Sangallo |
Descrição |
pintor italiano |
Data de nascimento/falecimento |
cerca de 1443 date QS:P,+1443-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
1516 / 20 de outubro de 1516 |
Local de nascimento/falecimento |
Florença |
Florença |
Local de trabalho |
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Arquivo de autoridade |
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q312365 | |
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Título |
inglês: The Ideal City title QS:P1476,en:"The Ideal City "
label QS:Len,"The Ideal City "
label QS:Lit,"Città ideale"
label QS:Lfr,"La Cité idéale"
label QS:Lde,"Idealstadtansicht"
label QS:Lnl,"De ideale stad" |
Parte de |
The Ideal City |
Tipo de objecto |
pintura |
Género |
paisagem de cidade |
Descrição |
English: This extraordinary panel exemplifies Renaissance ideals of urban planning, respect for Greco-Roman antiquity, and the mastery of central perspective. The imaginary city square features a Roman arch typically erected as a commemoration of military victory at its center. As a whole, the painting offers a model of the architecture and sculpture that would ideally be commissioned by a virtuous ruler who cares for the welfare of the citizenry. The amphitheater is modeled on the Colosseum in Rome. The octagonal structure to the right, covered with colored stone, suggests the medieval Baptistery in Florence, which in the 15th century was thought to be a reused Roman temple. Together they reflect the importance of security, religion, and recreation in a well-regulated city and the value of Roman ideals in urban design. The private residences at either side are also dignified with classical architectural elements. Classicizing elements also appear in the foreground. Statues, set on columns in the Roman style, represent virtues of a good ruler, including Justice with her sword and scales and Liberality (generosity) with a cornucopia. This view and two related paintings (now in Urbino and Berlin) were apparently commissioned for the palace of Duke Federico da Montefeltro of Urbino. Set into the woodwork at shoulder height or higher, "The Ideal City" would have seemed like a window onto another, better world. The illusion of a space that extends out from our own is achieved using a mathematical perspective system developed in Florence. The space is defined in terms of the viewer's own angle of vision: the receding lines establishing spatial relationships converge at a central point in the city gate visible beneath and beyond the Roman arch. |
Data |
cerca de 1480 a 1484 date QS:P571,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1484-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (renascimentoera QS:P2348,Q4692 ) |
Técnica |
óleo e têmpera sobre madeira |
Dimensões |
- Painted altura: 77,4 cm; largura: 220 cm
dimensions QS:P2048,77.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,220U174728
- Panel altura: 80,3 cm; largura: 220 cm; profundidade: 3,2 cm
dimensions QS:P2048,80.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,220U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,3.2U174728
- com quadro: altura: 104,1 cm; largura: 243,2 cm; profundidade: 15,8 cm
dimensions QS:P2048,104.14U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,243.21U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,15.88U174728
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Coleção |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Lugar de criação |
Urbino, Itália |
História do objeto |
- Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, prior to 1881 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 177; 1897 catalogue: no. 121, as Pintoricchio]
- 1902: comprado por Henry Walters, Baltimore
- 1931: legado para Walters Art Museum por Henry Walters
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Modo de aquisição |
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 |
Referências |
Federico Zeri (1976) (em inglês) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, nr 96 , pp. 143−151 OCLC: 2463997. |
Fonte/Fotógrafo |
Donated by the Walters Art Museum as part of a cooperation project |
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