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Farnese Bull

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Farnese Bull sculptured group representing Zethus and Amphion, sons of Antiope, tying Dirce (who had ill-treated their mother) to an enraged bull. The sculpture is generally considered to have been executed by Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus in the 1st or 2d cent. BC A copy made in the early 3d cent. AD decorated the Baths of Caracalla. This copy, with incorrect restorations, was later in the Farnese Palace and is now in the National Museum, Naples. Author not available, FARNESE BULL. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Farnese Bull
Farnese Bull. Ancient marble sculpture group (probably a Roman copy of a Greek original of c. 150 bc); it was found in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in 1545, was acquired for the Farnese collection soon afterwards, and is now in the Archaeological Museum in Naples. The subject, taken from Greek legend, ... Read more
Farnese Bull
Farnese Bull Ancient marble sculpture group (probably a Roman copy of a Greek original of c. 150 bc), once part of the Farnese collection and now in the Archaeological Museum in Naples. The subject, taken from Greek legend, shows the punishment of Dirce, who for her cruelty to Antiope was tied to the horns ... Read more

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Profile: Greg Farnese and Laurie Appel make personal video biographies out of their New Jersey home
; ...this biography? SIEGEL: Greg Farnese's work reminds us that still...artistry. For example, Greg Farnese was editing one biography that...making the film about. Mr. FARNESE: I had the idea of showing...remember, like, in "Raging Bull," where we hear, like, a voiceover...my life was in jabs... Mr. ... Read more
Renaissance artist lives again as `possessed' painter's muse.(D)(Arts And Entertainment)
; ...Gentileschi. CAPTION(S): Photo, Artist Judy Jashinsky painted the picture in the background of Diego Velazquez and the Farnese Bull. Mrs. Jashinsky's studio is in the Millennium Arts Center in Southwest., By Jessica Tefft/The Washington Times Read more
THE BEST OF Naples Lucy Gillmore took four famous names away for the weekend, to see which was the most useful
; ...labyrinthine collection of the National Archeology Museum on Piazza Museo (00 39 081 440 166) treasures include the Farnese Bull and the bronzes of the Tyrannicides. Best Shopping Clothes horses should hit the Chiaia area where designer brands rub... Read more
Agrippina, "the truest woman that ever wed" (1).(Notes)(Herman Melville's long poem, Naples in the Time of Bomba)(Critical Essay)
; ...Agrippina seduta (inventory number 6029). It is part of the Farnese collection, which, we gather from the Journal (184), Melville...the colossal statue of Hercules, as well as the group of the bull and tombstones, but the statue of Agrippina may have been...but now it is in full view in the corridor containing ... Read more
A Tale of an Unknown Mannerist
; ...as appreciated as he might be. Two Roman cycles at Palazzo Farnese, now the French Embassy, and at Palazzo Sacchetti on Via Giulia...action, impossible to take in at a single glance. Palazzo Farnese, Palazzo Sacchetti, and the three other Roman interiors with...experience merely fueled his paranoia, as Vasari ... Read more
Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture.(Review)
; ...matching physical remnant with works mentioned in ancient texts (many of them Roman imitations already one step away from Greek originals) began in the early sixteenth century but peaked near the century's end. The Farnese Bull found in 1545 at the Bat Read more
The everlasting power and glory of the shared table
; ...Giambologna) reached fantastic heights: at the marriage of Alexander Farnese all the plates, dishes, knives, glasses, forks, even candlesticks...dormice, a horse out of whose mouth flew goldfinches and a robot bull which walked up and down the table. Louis XIV marked the apogee... Read more
Where love and anchovies are in the air Jeremy Atiyah is seduced by the chaotic charm, erotic art and heavenly pizzas of Naples
; ...massively from the proximity of the excavations at Pompeii. The fabulous statuary - in bronze and stone - includes the Farnese Bull, the largest classical sculpture ever found. The latest attraction at the museum is the "secret cabinet" of erotic art... Read more
Why everyone's happy to come back to Sorrento; WE asked Sunday Mercury readers to turn their hands to travel-writing and here Tony Holmes of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, reveals the joys of a sojourn in Sorrento.
; ...National Archaeological Museum in Naples, a treasure trove of thousands of Roman and Greek exhibits, including the renowned Farnese Bull. The Museum opens all day in some months but mornings only in others, so check before you go. If you have a nervous... Read more

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