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31Farnese ceiling, Palazzo Farnese, Rome — (c. 1597 1600) Commissioned by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese from Annibale Carracci for his newly built Palazzo Farnese in Rome. The subject of the Farnese ceiling is the loves of the gods, the inspiration for its overall arrangement being… …
32Farnese, House of — Family of Italian nobility. Originally soldiers and landholders in southern Tuscany and the Papal States, the Farnese rose to princely status after Alessandro Farnese was elected Pope Paul III (1534 1549). Pope Paul was the first post… …
33Farnese, Harold S. — (1885–1945). Musical composer and correspondent of HPL (1932–33). In July 1932, Farnese (assistant director of the Institute of Musical Art, Ltd. in Los Angeles) asked HPL’s permission to set to music two sonnets from Fungi from Yuggoth.… …
34Farnese Cup — The Farnese Cup (Tazza Farnese) is a 2nd century BC cameo cup of Hellenistic Egypt in four layered sardonyx agate. It is 20cm wide.HistoryAfter Octavian s conquest of Egypt in 31 BC, the Farnese Cup was acquired by the Treasury of Rome. It was… …
35Farnese, Alessandro — (1545 1592) Born in Rome on 27 August 1545, Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza (1586 92), was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese and Margaret of Parma and thus a nephew of King Philip II and Don John of Austria, under whom he… …
36Farnese, Teatro — ▪ theatre, Parma, Italy Italian Baroque theatre at Parma, Italy, the prototype of the modern playhouse and the first surviving theatre with a permanent proscenium arch. Construction on the Teatro Farnese was begun in 1618 by Giovanni… …
37Farnese Diadumenos — The Farnese Diadumenos is a 1st century AD, slightly smaller than lifesize, Roman marble copy of Polyclitus s Diadumenos sculpture. Once held by the Farnese family, it is now held at the British Museum. [Accession number GR 1864.10 21.4 (Cat.… …
38Farnese Bull — The Farnese Bull is a massive sculpture attributed to the Rhodian artists Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus. We know this thanks to the writings of Pliny the Elder. He tells us it was commissioned at the end of the second century… …
39Farnese, Palazzo — ▪ building, Rome, Italy Rome, important example of High Renaissance architecture designed by Antonio da Sangallo and built between 1517 and 1589. In 1546, when Sangallo died, leaving the building of the palace unfinished, Michelangelo was… …
40Farnese — biographical name Alessandro 1545 1592 Duke of Parma Italian general in Spanish service …
