The Parnassus

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The Parnassus is a famous fresco by Raphael in the Vatican Stanze that depicts the mythological Mount Parnassus as a gathering place for Apollo and the Muses alongside celebrated poets from antiquity and the Renaissance.

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The Parnassus canonical 7
Il Parnaso 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting
fresco
commissionedBy Pope Julius II
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Raphael
culturalContext papal patronage
depicts Apollo
Dante Alighieri
Homer
Mount Parnassus
Renaissance poets
Sappho
Virgil
lyre-playing Apollo
poets of antiquity
sacred landscape of Parnassus
the Muses
function decoration of papal apartments
genre mythological painting
hasArtisticStyle balanced composition
classical idealization
iconographicProgram representation of poetry among the liberal arts in the Stanza della Segnatura
inception circa 1510
inscription SAPPHO on the tablet held by Sappho
locatedIn Vatican City
Vatican Museums
locatedInRoom Stanza della Segnatura
materialUsed pigments on plaster
movement High Renaissance
originalLanguageContext Italian Renaissance culture
partOf Raphael Rooms
Stanze di Raffaello
linked to: Raphael Rooms
positionWithinRoom wall opposite The School of Athens
seriesWith Cardinal and Theological Virtues (and Law)
The Disputa
The School of Athens
significance key monument of High Renaissance art
major work of Raphael
subjectMatter poetry
theme celebration of poetic inspiration
usesTechnique fresco painting

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raphael Rooms containsWork The Parnassus
Stanza della Segnatura hasFresco The Parnassus
Stanza della Segnatura containsWork Il Parnaso
linked to: The Parnassus
Room of the Segnatura hasFresco The Parnassus
Works by Raphael hasNotableWork The Parnassus