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Creusa, Ascanius, and Aeneas in Renaissance Prague
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SYSNO ASEP 0563193 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Creusa, Ascanius, and Aeneas in Renaissance Prague Author(s) Bažant, Jan (FLU-F) ORCID, RID, SAI Source Title Studia Hercynia. - : Univerzita Karlova v Praze - ISSN 1212-5865
Roč. 26, č. 1 (2022), s. 196-214Number of pages 19 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords Villa Star ; Prague ; renaissaance ; classical tradition ; ancient myth ; stucco Subject RIV AB - History OECD category Arts, Art history Method of publishing Open access Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 Annotation This paper analyses the figural stucco in the Villa Hvězda (1555–1563) in Prague, depicting Aeneas with his father Anchises on his back and accompanied by his son Ascanius and his wife, Creusa. In numerous 16th century representations, Creusa always walks behind Aeneas, and Ascanius is always accompanying Aeneas. In the Villa Hvězda, the protagonists of the Flight from Troy are Aeneas and his wife, Creusa. Aeneas carries Anchises on his back, and in front of him, Creusa leads their son Ascanius. This anomaly calls for an explanation, and it may be this, that Creusa allegorically stands for Queen Anne as a model of a pious matriarch of the Habsburgs. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2023 Electronic address https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/175990
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