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TitleSacred and Profane Love

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1515

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions3 ft. 11 in. × 9 ft. 2 in.

LocationGalleria Borghese, Rome

https://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/en/opere/sacred-and-profan-love/

Accession number147

SubjectsClothing and dress in artPainting, Renaissance--ItalyLove in artWomen in artFemale nude in art

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.159-182

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00310.6

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Chapter subject tags:Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1500-1540Mythology, Classical, in artNude in art--Italy--RenaissanceRaphael, 1483-1520European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600Villa della FarnesinaPainting, Renaissance--Italy

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America’s Rome: Volume I—Classical Rome

They are specifically given the pathos and the dignity of figures on a Dionysian relief. Then Hawthorne allows Miriam to identify their act with that “high deed” of Brutus, as they pass Pompey’s Forum where Caesar was slain. The deliberate and rational are joined with the instinctive and passionate—the extremes of human nature embodied in the ancient gods.

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.155-181

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00010.009

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