Sujet
An Assembly of Scholars, c. 1515/1527. Creator: Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1486-1527).
Légende
An Assembly of Scholars, c. 1515/1527. In this imaginary, idyllic realm, classical philosophers and scholars gather to teach and learn. The men and women in the foreground examine a book of astrological signs. Behind them, a second group studies an armillary sphere, a celestial globe invented in ancient times that became a symbol of knowledge during the Renaissance. A woodcut version of this scene appeared as an illustration in the fortunetelling book Garden of Thoughts , published in Venice in 1540. In that context, the group of three women in the foreground might be seen as the three fates, and the man with the globe as a personification of astrology.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F69_282
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
35,2Mo (4,1Mo) / 27,2cm x 32,5cm / 3207 x 3840 (300dpi)