Title

Orvieto, MODO (Museum of the Opera of the Duomo of Orvieto)

Caption

“The monkey with glasses that reads”. Orvieto, MODO (Museum of the Opera of the Duomo of Orvieto): Alberi Library, a cycle of monochrome frescoes where famous classical masters of different subjects are represented (law, medicine, astronomy, grammar), attributed to Luca Signorelli's pupils, 1501-1503: detail of the most famous and most curious drawing of the monkey with glasses that opens a book where the phrase "Legere et non intelligere est negligere" appears (Reading and not understanding is equivalent to not reading). A moral maxim of an anonymous author dated approximately around the third century and become very famous in schools, especially for students of Latin grammar.
MODO (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Orvieto (TR), Umbria, Italia - Italy

Date

Feb 15, 2019

Credit line

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Reference

GHR20A05_040

License type

Rights managed

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104,2Mb (8,3Mb) / 16,4in x 24,6in / 4928 x 7392 (300dpi)

Keywords

XVI secolo XVI century Affresco Fresco Arte Art Biblioteca Library Ignoranza Ignorance Il Cinquecento 16th Century Italia Italy Luca Signorelli MODO Monocromo Monochrome Museo Museum Occhiali Glasses Opera d'arte Artwork Orvieto Pittura Painting Rinascimento Renaissance Ritratto Portrait Scimmia Monkey Terni Umbria XVI secolo XVI century

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