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- Title
Prima dell'Eneide. Bacco ed Ercole nella decorazione delle stanze di Palazzo Buonaccorsi.
- Authors
Capriotti, Giuseppe
- Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to analyze the friezes of the rooms which, in the noble floor of Palazzo Buonaccorsi, precede the Gallery of the Aeneid, in order to propose a hypothesis on the original iconographic program of the same gallery. In particular, we intend to investigate the role played by two figures of the myth (Hercules and Bacchus), which seems to have a specific importance for the patron. In thematic continuity with the friezes of the rooms of the palace, the set-up of the gallery, from the vault to the decorative apparatus of the walls, is actually centred on the celebration of Bacchus; this celebration is accomplished through the depiction of dancing maenads and satyrs, panthers and sacrificial goats, dressed up with ivy, vine-leaves and grapes, led by drunk putti. Although everything seems designed to host a series of canvases dedicated to the life of Bacchus, Aeneas eventually takes over, bringing to completion an encomiastic family program that is more explicitly addressed to Rome.
- Publication
Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, 2018, p335
- ISSN
2039-2362
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13138/2039-2362/1975