File Herakles Farnese MAN Napoli Inv6001 n01.jpg thumb FarneseHercules, a Roman copy from the original by Lysippos Naples National Archaeological Museum The FarneseHercules is an ancient sculpture, probably ..., executed in the 1590s. The Farnese statue was moved to Naples in 1787 and is now displayed in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli Museo Archeologico Nazionale . Image HerculesFarnese type Louvre ... of the Ancient Agora, Athens Image AGMA H racl s Farn se.jpg illustration . The FarneseHercules ... a baseball pitcher with a knuckleball. Many engravings and woodcuts spread the fame of the Farnese s Hercules ... thumb The FarneseHercules , engraved by Hendrick Goltzius , 1591. Two onlookers give scale. The sculpture .... Copies of the FarneseHercules appeared in 16th and 18th century gardens throughout Europe. During .... On them were placed two sculptures by Diego de Pesquera , in 1574, of the FarneseHercules, as founder ... 191 208. External links Commonscat inline HerculesFarneseFarneseHercules http www.metmuseum.org toah ... HERCVLI Coin of Constantine the Great depicting the FarneseHercules Category Farnese ... of 4th century BC Greek sculptures ca H rcules Farnese de Herkules Farnese es Hercules Farnesio fr Hercule Farn se it Ercole Farnese hu FarneseHercules ru ... Aldrovandi , 1556. ref History The heroically scaled Hercules is one of the most famous sculptures ... of Alessandro Farnese cardinal Cardinal Alessandro Farnese , grandson of Pope Paul III . Alessandro Farnese was well placed to form one of the greatest collections of classical sculpture that has been assembled since Antiquity. It stood for generations in its own room at Palazzo Farnese, Rome ... in bronze through a method called lost wax casting . It depicts a weary Hercules leaning on his club ... and gymnasiums another, coarser, stood in the courtyard of Palazzo Farnese one with the feigned ... , and was bought for Farnese through the agency of della Porta, whose legs made to complete the figure ... more details
Farnese may refer to People Living Larry Farnese ,American politician from Pennsylvania Deceased House of Farnese , was an influential family in Renaissance Italy Ranuccio Rinalduccio Farnese b. 1390 Ranuccio Farnese 1390&mdash 1450 Pope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese 1468&mdash 1549 Giulia Farnese , mistress of Pope Alexander VI and sister of the above Alessandro Farnese Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma 1503&mdash 1547 Alessandro Farnese cardinal Alessandro Farnese , Cardinal 1520&mdash 1589 Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma Ottavio Farnese , second Duke of Parma 1524&mdash 1586 Ranuccio Farnese Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese , Cardinal 1530&mdash 1565 Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza Alessandro Farnese , third Duke of Parma 1545&mdash 1592 Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma Ranuccio I Farnese , fourth Duke of Parma 1569&mdash 1622 Odoardo Farnese , fifth Duke of Parma 1612&mdash 1646 Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma Ranuccio II Farnese , sixth Duke of Parma 1630&mdash 1694 Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma Francesco Farnese , seventh Duke of Parma 1678&mdash 1727 Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma Antonio Farnese , eighth Duke of Parma 1679&mdash 1731 Elizabeth Farnese , Queen of Spain, wife of King Philip V, mother of Charles III 1692&mdash 1766 Locations Farnese, Lazio is a comune municipality in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio Art Farnese Bull is a massive ancient Hellenistic sculpture, formerly in the Farnese collection in Rome Farnese Cup is a 2nd century BC cameo cup of Hellenistic Egypt FarneseHercules is an ancient sculpture, formerly in the Farnese collection in Rome Other uses Farnese Vini Neri Sottoli , an Italian road bicycle racing team Palazzo Farnese is a prominent High Renaissance palace in Rome, which currently houses the French embassy Disambig Category Surnames fr Farnese it Farnese ... more details
About the Roman mythological hero the Greek mythic hero from which Hercules was adapted Heracles other uses Hercules disambiguation refimprove date December 2010 File Heracles Pio Clementino Inv252.jpg thumb right Gilded bronze Roman Hercules of the Forum Boarium Hercules of the Theatre of Pompey , found ... buried in Antiquity, having been struck by lightning. ref Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod ... shepherd called Recaranus or Garanus , famous for his strength who dedicated the Great Altar of Hercules Ara Maxima that became associated with the earliest Roman cult of Hercules. ref Maurus Servius ... adopting much of the Greek Heracles iconography and mythology as his own, Hercules adopted a number of myths and characteristics that were distinctly Roman. With the spread of Roman hegemony, Hercules was worshiped locally from Hispania through Gaul . Etymology Hercules Latin name was not directly ... of Hera . An oath invoking Hercules Hercule or Mehercle was a common interjection in Classical Latin ... .2 April 1918 58 . ref In art File Hercules Hatra Iraq Parthian period 1st 2nd century CE.jpg thumb Hercules, Hatra , Iraq , Parthian Empire Parthian period , 1st 2nd century CE. In Roman works of art and in Renaissance and post Renaissance art that adapts Roman iconography, Hercules can be identified ... in mosaic he is shown tanned bronze, a virile aspect. ref Hercules almost suggests Hero . The Classical ... , subject . ref In mythology According to mythology, Hercules was the illegitimate son of Jupiter ... placed the infant Hercules at her breast as she slept and allowed him to feed, which caused Hercules .... Juno held a spiteful grudge against Hercules and sent him into a blind frenzy, in which he killed all of his children and his wife. When Hercules regained his sanity, he sought out the Oracle at Delphi in the hope of making atonement. The Oracle ordered Hercules to serve Eurystheus , king of Mycenae , who sent him on a series of tasks known as the Labors of Hercules . These tasks are told in this order ... more details
Image CarracciHercules.jpg thumb 280px The Choice of Hercules by Annibale Carracci 1596 Context date October 2011 The decision to paint the ceiling of the Camerino instead of proceeding with the original plans for the Alessandro Farnese cycle Farnese Gallery was taken before the summer of 1595. The frescoes glorifying their father s deeds would have to wait until the arrival of the book of drawing which Odoardo had asked Ranuccio to send him in the meantime Annibale Carracci was to be given as his first task of the decoration of the cardinal s own study. The Camerino is on the first, or principal, floor of the Palazzo Farnese , it measures slightly more than fifteen by thirty feet. Frescoes of Camerino FarneseHercules bearing the globe Hercules resting Ulysses and Circe Ulysses and the Sirens Chastity Intelligence Security Piety Perseus and Medusa Catanian Brothers Justice Temperance Fortitude Prudence Gallery gallery Image Ulysses and Circe Annibale Carracci 1597 Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg Ulysses and Circe Annibale Carracci 1597 Image Ulysses and the Sirens Annibale Carracci 1597 Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg Ulysses and the Sirens Annibale Carracci 1597 Image Perseus and Medusa Annibale Carracci 1597 Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg Perseus and Medusa Annibale Carracci 1597 Image Catanian Brothers Annibale Carracci 1597 Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg Catanian Brothers Annibale Carracci 1597 gallery Further reading cite book first John Rupert last Martin year 1965 title The Farnese Gallery chapter editor others pages publisher Princeton University Press id url authorlink references DEFAULTSORT Camerino Farnese Category Baroque paintings Category Murals Category Fresco paintings ... more details
Image Atlas Farnese Globe .jpg thumb Farnese Atlas Museo Archeologico Nazionale , Naples The Farnese Atlas is a 2nd century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of Atlas mythology Atlas kneeling with a globe weighing heavily on his shoulders. It is the oldest extant statue of the Titan mythology Titan of Greek mythology , who is represented in earlier vase painting, and more important, the oldest known representation of the celestial sphere . The sculpture is at the National Archaeological Museum Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli Museo Archeologico Nazionale http www.cib.na.cnr.it remuna mann mann.html in Naples, Italy . It stands seven feet 2.1 meters tall, and the globe is 65 cm in diameter. The name Farnese Atlas reflects its acquisition by Alessandro Farnese cardinal Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in the early 16th century, and its subsequent exhibition in the Villa Farnese or Palazzo Farnese, Rome . Atlas mythology Atlas labors under the weight because he had been sentenced by Zeus to hold up the sky. The globe shows a depiction of the night sky as seen from outside the outermost celestial sphere , with low reliefs depicting 41 some sources say 42 of the 48 classical Greek constellation s distinguished by Ptolemy , including Aries constellation Aries the ram, Cygnus constellation Cygnus the swan and Hercules the hero. The Farnese Atlas is the oldest surviving pictorial ... farnese JHAFarneseProofs.htm Bradley E. Schaefer, The epoch of the constellations on the FarneseHercules and their origins in Hipparchus s lost catalogue http www.nytimes.com 2005 01 18 science ... Museum, Naples, Italy http www.csit.fsu.edu dduke farnese Critiques of Schaefer s hypothesis ..., containing detailed photographic images Category Farnese collection Category Collection of Naples National Archaeological Museum Category Roman copies of Greek sculptures ca Atles Farnese fr Atlas Farn se it Atlante Farnese pl Atlas Farnezyjski ur ... more details
antique sculpture known as the FarneseHercules . Other works from the Farnese Marbles family collection ...Image Palais Farnese.jpg thumb 300px right Palazzo Farnese in Rome Image Palazzo Farnese Vasi.jpg thumb 300px right A mid 18th century engraving of Palazzo Farnese by Giuseppe Vasi . Image Farnese detail.JPG thumb 300px right The arms of Farnese Pope Paul III Image Palazzo Farnese detail.jpg thumb 300px Detail of the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne by Annibale Carracci , the Farnese Gallery , 1595. Image ... , ca 1602 Palazzo Farnese is a High Renaissance palace in Rome , which currently houses the France ... in 1517 for the House of FarneseFarnese family, the palace building expanded in size and conception when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III in 1534, to designs by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger ... The Loves of the Gods in the Farnese Gallery was carried out by the Bolognese painter Annibale ... High Baroque and Classicism . The famous Farnese sculpture collection, now in the National Archeological Museum of Naples , as well as other Farnese collections, now mostly in Capodimonte Museum ..., Giedion in 1514 ref and was commissioned by Pope Paul III Alessandro Farnese , who had been appointed ... in status but employed architecture to express the power of the Farnese family, much as at their Villa Farnese at Caprarola. The massive palace block and its facade dominate the city square Piazza Farnese. Architectural features of the main facade include the alternating triangular and segmental ..., would have linked the palace with the gardens of the Vigna Farnese, Alessandro s holding on the opposite ..., which the Farnese purchased in 1584 and renamed the Villa Farnesina . ref Coffin David, The Villa ... Farnese, the urban face of the palace. The palazzo was further modified for the papal nephew Ranuccio Farnese by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola . It was completed for the second Cardinal Alessandro Farnese ... the death of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese cardinal Odoardo Farnese in 1626, the palazzo stood virtually ... more details
Alessandro Farnese may refer to Pope Paul III 1468 1549 Alessandro Farnese cardinal 1520 1589 , Paul s grandson Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza 1545 1592 , Paul s great grandson Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma 1635 1689 , governor of the Habsburg Netherlands hndis name Farnese, Alessandro DEFAULTSORT Farnese, Alessandro bg br Alessandro Farnese ca Alexandre Farnese de Alessandro Farnese et Alessandro Farnese es Alejandro Farnesio eu Alessandro Farnese fr Alessandro Farnese gl Alexandre Farnesio ko it Alessandro Farnese disambigua hu Alessandro Farnese egy rtelm s t lap nl Alessandro Farnese ja pl Alessandro Farnese pt Alessandro Farnese ru sl Alessandro Farnese th ... more details
Ranuccio Farnese may refer to Ranuccio Farnese il Vecchio 1390 1450 , grandfather of Pope Paul III Ranuccio Farnese 1509 1529 , son of Pope Paul III Ranuccio Farnese cardinal 1530 1565 , grandson of Pope Paul III Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma , fourth Duke of Parma and Piacenza 1569 1622 Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma , sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza 1630 1694 hndis Farnese, Ranuccio ca Ranuccio Farnese de Ranuccio Farnese it Ranuccio Farnese ja pt Ranuccio Farnese ... more details
File Caprarola 002.jpg thumb 275px Side view of the main Southeastern front of Villa Farnese The Villa Farnese , also known as Villa Caprarola , is a mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo ... not be confused with the Palazzo Farnese, Rome Palazzo Farnese and the Villa Farnesina , both in Rome. The Villa Farnese is situated directly above the town of Caprarola and dominates its surroundings ... gold Rock geology stone buttress es support the upper floors. As a centerpiece of the vast Farnese holdings, Caprarola has always been an expression of Farnese power, rather than a villa in the more usual agricultural or pleasure senses. History In 1504, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope ... foundations. Subsequently, Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal Alessandro Farnese cardinal Alessandro Farnese ... Partridge, Loren W. Vignola and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola , Part I The Art Bulletin 52 .1 March 1970 81 87 , Part II ref Farnese was a courteous man of letters however, the House of FarneseFarnese ... Farnese decided it would be politic to retire from Roman Curia the Vatican for a period. He therefore ... Regia in the Villa Farnese. otheruses Palazzo Farnese The villa is one of the finest examples of Renaissance ... d courtyard . ref Partridge Loren W., The Farnese Circular Courtyard at Caprarola God, Geopolitics ... The approach to the Villa Farnese is from the town s main street, which is centred on the villa ... Farnese Deeds by Taddeo Zuccari , portrays Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles .... This hall is known as the Room of Hercules on account of its fresco decorations, ref Partridge, Loren W. The Sala d Ercole in the Villa Farnese at Caprarola, Part I The Art Bulletin 53 .4 December 1971 ... the glory of the Farnese were worked out by the humanists in Farnese s court, notably his secretary ..., La Caprarola of Ameto Orti c 1585 89 describes the beauties of the Farnese castello. ref The fresco cycles portray the exploits of Alexander the Great , and of course of the Farnese themselves ... more details
Costanza Farnese was a daughter of Pope Paul III Alessandro Farnese and Silvia Ruffini, born before her father became Pope Paul III. Her siblings were Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma Pier Luigi , Paul and Ranuccio Farnese 1509 1529 Ranuccio . Costanza s own children included Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora Guido Ascanio and her grandchildren included Costanza Sforza, duchess of Sora Costanza Sforza . Category House of Farnese Costanza Category Women and the papacy Category Papal family members br Costanza Farnese de Costanza Farnese ko it Costanza Farnese ... more details
Infobox Italian comune name Farnese official name Comune di Farnese native name image skyline Centro storico di Farnese.jpg imagesize image alt image caption image shield farnese Stemma.gif shield alt shield size 89px image map map alt map caption pushpin label position pushpin map alt latd 42 latm 33 lats latNS N longd 11 longm 43 longs longEW E coordinates type type city 1,727 region IT coordinates display title coordinates footnotes region Lazio province Province of Viterbo Viterbo VT frazioni mayor party mayor Alessandro Santi area footnotes area total km2 52.9 population footnotes ref name istat All demographics and other statistics Italian statistical institute Istat . ref population total 1691 population as of 2008 pop density footnotes population demonym Farnesani elevation footnotes elevation m 341 twin1 twin1 country saint St. isidore day May 10 postal code 01010 area code 0761 website footnotes Farnese is a comune municipality in the Province of Viterbo in the Italy Italian region Latium , located about 100 km northwest of Rome and about 35 km northwest of Viterbo . Geography Farnese borders the following municipalities Ischia di Castro , Pitigliano , Valentano . Personalities The well known Italian Brazilian sculptor Victor Brecheret is said to have been born in Farnese References reflist External links commonscat inline Farnese Province of Viterbo DEFAULTSORT Farnese Category Cities and towns in Lazio Latium geo stub bcl Farnese VT de Farnese Latium es Farnese eo Farnese fr Farnese Italie ia Farnese Italia it Farnese Italia la Farnetum lmo Farnese nl Farnese ja nap Farnese pms Farnese pl Farnese pt Farnese ru uk vi Farnese vo Farnese war Farnese, Viterbo ... more details
Image Farnese Diadumenos BM 501.jpg thumb left 220px The Farnese Diadumenos British Museum The Farnese Diadumenos is a 1st century AD, slightly smaller than lifesize, Roman marble copy of Polyclitus sculptor Polyclitus s Diadumenos sculpture. Once in the House of FarneseFarnese collection, it is now in the British Museum . ref Accession number GR 1864.10 21.4 Cat. Sculptures 501 ref Notes references External links Commonscat Diadumenos sculpture stub British Museum Category Greek and Roman objects in the British Museum Category Farnese collection Diadumenos es Diadumeno Farnesio nl Farnese Diadeemdrager ... more details
File Antinous Farnese MAN Napoli Inv6030 n01.jpg thumb right The Farnese Antinous The Antinous Farnese is a specific marble sculptural representation of Antinous , named after its one time owners the House of FarneseFarnese family. It was once displayed at the entrance to the Carracci Gallery in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, from which it was taken to Naples to the Royal Borbonic Museum Reale Museo Borbonico , now the Naples National Archaeological Museum a replica was put in place in the Palazzo in the 1970s . Sources http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0077 8958 1973 7 3C127 3AITSOA 3E2.0.CO 3B2 X JSTOR http www.antinoos.info copies1.htm Copies External links http api.flickr.com services feeds groups discuss.gne?id 38827541 N00&format rss 200 Unreferenced date January 2007 Category Antinous types Category Farnese collection Category Collection of Naples National Archaeological Museum Sculpture stub ru ... more details
of Farnese. For the town in Italy with the same name, see Farnese, Lazio . The Farnese family ... and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, and the titles of Duke of Parma Duke of Parma and Piacenza and of Castro ... works and Artifact archaeology antiquities are associated with the Farnese family, either through construction or acquisition. Buildings include the Palazzo Farnese, Rome Palazzo Farnese in Rome and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola , and ancient artifacts include the Naples National Archaeological Museum Marbles Farnese Marbles . Origins The family could trace its origins back to around AD 984 and took ... as to the origins of the name Farnesi Farnese. Some suggest that it derives from the vernacular ... was in the Guelph army in the Battle of Benevento 1266 . The Farnese returned to Tuscia southern Tuscany northern Lazio in 1319, when they acquired Farnese, Lazio Farnese , Ischia di Castro , and the castles ... against the fierce Papal rivals, the Prefetti di Vico . In 1362, Pietro Farnese was commander in chief ... . Six years later Niccol Farnese saved Pope Urban V from the attack of Giovanni di Vico , first ... that the Farnese were granted confirmation of their possessions in the northern Lazio and given a series ... Alessandro Farnese cardinal Alessandro Farnese left and his other grandson, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma ... due to Ranuccio Farnese il Vecchio Ranuccio the Elder . He was commander in chief of the forces of neighbouring ... family of the Caetani that of Pope Boniface VIII , thus giving the Farnese further importance in Rome. His daughter, Giulia Farnese Giulia , who was a mistress of Pope Alexander VI , further expanded ... Farnese cardinal Alessandro a cardinal deacon . Paul III died in 1549 and his political role in the Curia passed to his grandson Alessandro Farnese cardinal Alessandro , who remained an influential ... Parma 02.jpg left thumb 220px The Farnese s Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma. Paul III used his position ... Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma Pier Luigi , the title of gonfaloniere or Gonfalone of the Church ... more details
Image Toro farnese.JPG thumb The Farnese Bull The Farnese Bull , formerly in the House of FarneseFarnese collection, Rome, is a massive Hellenistic sculpture attributed to the Rhodian artists Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Apollonius of Tralles Tauriscus . We know this thanks to the writings of Pliny the Elder . He tells us it was commissioned at the end of the 2nd century BC and carved from just one whole block of marble. It was imported from Rhodes , as part of the incredible collection of artwork and sculptures owned by Gaius Asinius Pollio consul 40 BC Asinius Pollio , a Roman politician who lived during the years between the Republic and the Principate. It is the largest single sculpture ever recovered from Ancient history antiquity . This colossal marble sculptural group represents the myth of Dirce . She was tied to a wild bull by the sons of Antiope mother of Amphion Antiope , Amphion and Zethus , who wanted to punish her for the ill treatment inflicted on their mother, first wife of Lycus brother of Nycteus Lykos , King of Thebes, Greece Thebes . Image CL Farnesian Bull.jpg thumb left Engravings such as this, dated 1633, made the image familiar. The group was found in 1546 in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome during excavations commissioned by Pope Paul III in the hope of finding ancient sculptures to adorn Palazzo Farnese , the Farnese Roman residence. Along with the rest of the Farnese antiquities, it is now located at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli in Naples . External links http www.cib.na.cnr.it remuna mann mann.html Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Commons category Farnesian bull Farnese Bull Category 2nd century BC works Category Farnese collection Category Collection of Naples National Archaeological Museum Category Hellenistic sculpture sculpture stub ca Toro Farnese de Farnesische Sammlungen el es Toro Farnesio eu Farnese Zezena fr Taureau Farn se it Toro Farnese hu Farnese bika pl Byk Farnezyjski ru ... more details
Image Parma Teatro Farnese.jpg thumb 220px Teatro Farnese in Parma Teatro Farnese is a Baroque style Theater structure theatre in Parma , Italy . It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti . The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allies of World War II Allied strategic bombing air raid during World War II 1944 . It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962. Some claim this as the first permanent proscenium theater that is, a theater in which the audience views the action through a single frame, which is known as the proscenium arch . However, when the theater was first built plays were not performed there. ref Kimball King, Western Drama Through the Ages . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. ISBN 0 313 32934 6 http books.google.it books?id F8s VTNuqU4C&pg PA550&dq farnese p.550 ref ref Paul Kuritz, The making of theatre history . Published by Paul Kuritz, 1988. ISBN 0 13 547861 8, ISBN 978 0 13 547861 5 http books.google.it books?id cS6JV4Z27DoC&pg PA167&dq farnese p.167 ref References reflist Bibliography it Paolo Donati, Descrizione del gran teatro farnesiano di Parma e notizie storiche sul medesimo . Blanchon, Parma, 1817. it Pietro de Lama, Descrizione del Teatro Farnese di Parma . Published ... . Battei, Parma, 1974, pp. 70 78. it Vittorio Gandolfi, Il Teatro Farnese di Parma . Battei, Parma, 1980 . it Adriano Cavicchi e Marzio Dall Acqua, Il Teatro Farnese di Parma . Parma, 1986. it Gianni Capelli, Il Teatro Farnese di Parma. Architettura, scene, spettacoli . Public Promo Service, Parma, 1990. it Luca Ronconi and others, Lo spettacolo e la meraviglia. Il Teatro Farnese di Parma e la festa barocca . Nuova ERI, Torino, 1992. it Jadranka Bentini, Il Teatro Farnese caratteristiche e trasformazioni ... . FMR, 1996. pp. 113 123. ISBN 88 216 0930 8 it Milena Fornari, Il Teatro Farnese decorazione ... and structures completed in 1618 theatre stub italy struct stub de Teatro Farnese fr Th tre Farn se it Teatro Farnese sv Teatro Farnese uk ... more details
Image Hera1.JPG thumb The Hera Farnese The Hera Farnese is a type of sculpture of Hera . Its main example is a 63 cm high Roman marble copy of the 1st century AD of a Greek original of the second half of the 5th century BC, now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum . It was part of a colossal acrolith ic statue, and shows the goddess with a central parting and wearing a diadem personal wear diadem . It was named Hera by the first archaeologists to see it, due to its severe style and unsmiling expression, and they also interpreted these features as making it a Roman copy of an original by Polycleitus . As part of the House of FarneseFarnese collection it was brought to Naples in 1844 by German archaeologist Heinrich von Brunn ref Alfred Emerson, Heinrich von Brunn , The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 9, No. 3 Jul., 1894 , pp. 370 ref File Hera Ludovisi Altemps Inv8631.jpg left thumb 100px Hera Ludovisi See also giant statue Hera Ludovisi portrait of Antonia Minor in Palazzo Altemps, Rome. Notes references http www.skulpturhalle.ch sammlung highlights 2003 05 hera.html Skulpturhalle Basel Category Farnese collection Hera Category Hera types Farnese Category Collection of Naples National Archaeological Museum Category Roman copies of 5th century BC Greek sculptures sculpture stub ... more details
File Tazza Farnese.jpg miniatur thumb Tazza Farnese, front File Tazza Farnese Gorgoneion.jpg thumb Tazza Farnese, back The Farnese Cup Tazza Farnese is a 2nd century BC cameo carving cameo cup of Hellenistic Egypt in four layered sardonyx agate . It is 20 cm wide. History After Octavian s conquest of Egypt in 31 BC , the Farnese Cup was acquired by the Treasury of Rome. It was later brought to Byzantium , then back west after this city was sacked in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade . By 1239 it was in the court of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II , ref The first fully documented appearance according to http marcheo.napolibeniculturali.it itinerari tematici galleria di immagini RA147 Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli website ref from which it then reached the Timurid dynasty Persian court of Herat or possibly Samarkand , where a contemporary drawing documents it ref Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli ref thence it found its way to the court of Alfonso of Aragon in Naples , where Angelo Poliziano saw it in 1458. Lorenzo the Magnificent finally purchased the famous scutella di calcedonio in Rome, in 1471. From there it came into the possession of the House of FarneseFarnese family through Margaret of Parma Margaret of Austria and thus into the Naples National Archaeological Museum ref Inv. MANN 27611. ref Iconography It is a Phiale libation vessel phiale libation plate , though without the handles normal to the type. The internal decoration is an elaborate allegory of History of Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemaic Egypt s prosperity. It operates on two levels, one Egyptian, the other Greek. It presumably represents the Egyptian divine triad, Serapis Isis Harpocrates ... napoli archeologico image Category Roman Empire cameos Category Farnese collection Category Collection of Naples National Archaeological Museum Category Hellenistic sculpture de Tazza Farnese fr Tasse Farn se it Tazza Farnese la Scutella Farnensis pl Tazza Farnese ... more details
refimprove date March 2011 Margherita Farnese 7 November 1567 13 April 1643 was a daughter of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria of Guimar es . She was named after her father s mother Margaret of Parma , natural daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor . Margherita was born in Parma . On 2 March 1571 she married Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua Vincenzo Gonzaga , the future duke of Mantua, probably with the political aim of creating an anti Florentine alliance between the House of Gonzaga Gonzaga and House of FarneseFarnese families, after their long feud since 1547, when Ferrante Gonzaga had organised a plot against Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma Pier Luigi Farnese first duke of Parma and Piacenza. The couple made a solemn entry into Mantua on 30 April 1581, but the marriage ended in annulment on grounds of non consummation on 26 May 1583, with Vincenzo claiming she had been unable to do so due to a deformity and Margherita accusing him of impotence. Vincenzo s brother Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma Ranuccio then took her back to Parma a year after the marriage and Vincenzo remarried in 1584 to Eleonora de Medici . His first marriage was the basis for the 1966 film A Maiden for a Prince , with Vittorio Gassman , Virna Lisi and Anna Maria Guarnieri , who played Margherita. Thought unable to have children, Margherita was forced to retire to a convent and take vows as a nun. She joined the Benedictine order at the San Paolo monastery in Parma, under the name of sister Maura Lucenia. In 1616 she intervened, supported by financial aid offered by the devotees ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Farnese ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 7 November 1567 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 13 April 1643 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Farnese Category 1567 births Category 1643 deaths Category House of Farnese Margherita ar ca Margarida de Parma i de Portugal it Margherita Farnese ... more details
Image Clovio magi.jpg right 250px The Farnese Hours is an illumination illuminated manuscript created by Giulio Clovio , a Croat Croatian artist, for cardinal Alessandro Farnese cardinal Alessandro Farnese in 1546. Considered the masterpiece of Clovio, the book of hours is now in the possession of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City . ref cite book last Carney first Jo Eldridge title Renaissance and Reformation, 1500 1620 origdate origyear origmonth url http books.google.com books?id 4TBFjimrHtQC&pg PA89&dq 22Farnese Hours 22&lr &ei 1Nv8SMepMYOGsgPajPChDA PPA89,M1 accessdate 2008 10 20 year 2001 publisher Greenwood Publishing Group pages 88 89 ref It contains religious stories both Biblical and apocrypha l , and illustrations with architectural borders and classical nudes. ref cite book last Paoletti first John T. coauthors Radke, Gary M. title Art in Renaissance Italy url http books.google.com books?id EFhVehAvVyUC&pg PT385&dq 22Farnese Hours 22&lr &ei 1Nv8SMepMYOGsgPajPChDA accessdate 2008 10 20 year 2005 publisher Laurence King Publishing isbn 9781856694391 pages 512 ref Notes reflist Category Illuminated books of Hours Category 1546 books Category Collection of the Morgan Library de Stundenbuch des Kardinals Alessandro Farnese nl Farnese getijdenboek ... more details
Pietro Farnese , also called Piero de Farneto or Petruccio di Cola c. 1310 20 giugno 1363 was an Italian condottiero . He was co lord of Farnese VT Farnese , Canino , Ischia di Castro Ischia and Cellere , Captain General of the Papal Army and Capitain General of the Florentine Republic Florentine Army . Biography Little is known of his youth. In 1338, at Orvieto , together with his father Nicola, he sided for the Monaldeschi della Vipera against the Monaldeschi della Cervara and was declared rebel. In 1345 he returned in Orvieto and was appointed as commander of the communal army, commanding 5,000 men at the siege of Castiglion Fiorentino . In February 1352 he was able to reconquer Orvieto, which had surrendered to Perugia , but was pushed back by Pepo Monaldeschi del Cane. In 1354 he entered the service of cardinal Gil de Albornoz at Milan , to fight against the Guelphs and Ghibellines Ghibelline leader Bernab Visconti . In November of the following year he became Capitain General of the Papal Army, receiving half the fief of Onano in the Marche . In 1359, always for Albornoz, he directed the military operations against Forl and Forlimpopoli , which were stormed in July. The following year Giovanni Visconti da Oleggio, lord of Bologna , declared war to Bernab Visconti, but was forced to ask in exchange of the lordship over his city the help of Albornoz, who sent Pietro Farnese ... republic of Pisa Pisa . Farnese obtained a decisive victory, for which he was rewarded with a monument ... plague and died at Castelfiorentino . See also House of Farnese Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Farnese, Pietro ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Farnese, Pietro category 1310s births category 1363 deaths category House of Farnese Pietro Capitano Generale category Condottieri category Deaths from bubonic plague fr Pierre Farn se 1310 it Pietro Farnese capitano generale fiorentino ... more details
Infobox person image imagesize name Alberto Farnese birth date Birth date 1926 6 3 df yes birth place Palombara Sabina , Italy death date Death date and age 1996 6 2 1926 6 3 df yes death place Rome , Italy othername occupation Actor yearsactive 1951 in film 1951 1989 in film 1989 Alberto Farnese 3 June 1926 &ndash 2 June 1996 was an Italian actor. He appeared in 89 films and television shows between 1951 in film 1951 and 1989 in film 1989 . He starred in the film Whom God Forgives , which won the Silver Bear Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury award at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival . ref name Berlinale 1957 Cite web url http www.berlinale.de en archiv jahresarchive 1957 03 preistr ger 1957 03 Preistraeger 1957.html title 7th Berlin International Film Festival Prize Winners accessdate 2009 12 28 work berlinale.de ref Selected filmography Rome 11 00 1952 The Gold of Naples 1954 Whom God Forgives 1957 Colossus and the Amazon Queen 1960 Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile 1961 Gladiator of Rome 1962 References Reflist External links IMDB name 0267838 Alberto Farnese Use dmy dates date September 2010 Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Farnese, Alberto ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor DATE OF BIRTH 1926 6 3 PLACE OF BIRTH Palombara Sabina , Italy DATE OF DEATH 1996 6 2 PLACE OF DEATH Rome , Italy DEFAULTSORT Farnese, Alberto Category 1926 births Category 1996 deaths Category Italian film actors Italy actor stub de Alberto Farnese it Alberto Farnese ... more details
?p 160 History of the Farneses and the garden. ref Though little of the Farnese Gardens survives today, some remnant structures may be seen. ref http www.gardenvisit.com garden farnese gardens Location of the Farnese family gardens, now known only as a remnant. ref From the name of these gardens ... links http www.romeartlover.it Vasi197.htm Farnese Gardens website with historical plates and modern ... more details
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