뮤즈 여신의 방 (Sala delle Muse). 바티칸 박물관(Musei Vaticani)

뮤즈 여신의 방 (Sala delle Muse).

바티칸 박물관(Musei Vaticani). 바티칸 시국

 

 

Sala delle Muse

The Hall of the Muses has been open to the public since 1784. It was originally designed for the display of a series of sculptures found near Tivoli. The major part of the works on show were found between 1773 and 1779 during excavations led by Domenico De Angelis and Giovanni Corradi in the so-called Villa of Cassio. Numerous statues of the Muses were found, together with a statue of Apollo holding the lyre, an Athena, herms and portraits of famous Greeks. They all date back to the time of the Emperor Hadrian, the 2nd century A.D.

The status have undergone extensive restorations and adaptations, mainly dating from the 18th century: some of them did not originally portray a Muse & were adapted so that there should be a display of all nine Muses, who represent the arts. From the late 18th century onward this collection of statues became one of the most admired groups in the pontifical collections and was copied many times: smaller copies were also made in bronze and in biscuit. The subjects represented provided the inspiration for the painted decoration of the vault, which is the work of Tommaso Conca. It shows Apollo and the Muses appearing as the inspirers of the arts. In the second half of the 19th century some of the paintings of landscapes which provided backgrounds for the statues were covered with a Pompeian red paint.

Museo Pio Clementino

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The Belvedere Torso

This famous marble torso, decumented since the 15th century, entered the Vatican collections between 1530 and 1536, where it immediately became one of the ancient sculpture most greatly admired by artists down to the present day (1). Interpreted in various ways over the centuries, today the sculpture is believed to represent the Greek hero Ajax Telamonius contemplating suicide. This interpretation is basec on hypothetical plaster reconstruction (2) and analysis of other finds, including the famous "Tabula Ilica" which shows a seated figure described as "the crazed Ajax". According to the myth, the warrior was driven mad when Ulysses took Achille's weapons from him. Convinced that he was face to face with the enemy, he massacred the animals held in the Greek camp then, having regained his senses, killed himself for shame. Ancient authors record that a commemorative monument  was erected to the hero on the plain of Troy where ther must have been a statue, numerous copies of which were made in Roman times. Our example can be traced to this series of replicas, having been created in the 1st century BC by the Athenian sculpture Apollonios, as attested by his signature incised in Greek letters on the rock-like base of the statue.

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