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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/650/656-04.jpg
Title	Tomb of Paul III, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Rome, Italy, front view.
Creator	Porta, Guglielmo della (Italian architect, sculptor, and restorer, born between 1500 and 1510, died 1577)
Date	[16th century]
Cultural Context	Roman Italian European Western European
Style/Period	Renaissance
Theme	Tombs Sculpture (visual work) Funerary sculpture Funerary art Memorials Monuments Statues Figures (representations) Figurative art Portraits Men (male humans) Popes Religious (people) Prelates Clergy Women Costume (mode of fashion) Ceremonial costume Drapery (representations) Allegories (document genre) Allegory (artistic device) Allusion Symbols Symbolism (artistic concept) Hairstyles Headgear Volutes Inscriptions Architecture (object genre) Architectural elements Niches Columns (architectural elements) Shafts (column components) Capitals (column components) Basilicas Churches Religious buildings Ceremonial structures Interior views Interior walls
Subject	Tombs & sepulchral monuments Monuments Monuments & memorials Sculpture Portraits Men Popes Prelates Clergy People associated with religion Women Clothing & dress Allegories Allusions Symbols Wisdom Justice Hairstyles Headgear Inscriptions Architecture Architectural elements Structural elements Niches Columns Capitals (Columns) Architectural decorations & ornaments Architectural sculpture Basilicas Churches Religious facilities Interiors
Description	"[...] it was originally intended as a free-standing tomb. Above the allegorical figures of Justice and Wisdom is a bronze statue of the pope [...]." (caption, p.432)
People Pictured	Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549 Farnese, Alessandro, 1468-1549
Location Depicted	Vatican City Rome (Italy) Italy
Material	Bronze (metal) Metal Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes) Metalworking Casting (process)
Work Type	Tombs & sepulchral monuments Monuments Monuments & memorials Sculpture Statues Bronzes (objects) Metalwork
Repository	Vatican, St. Peter's (Vatican City, Rome, Italy)
Source	Bussagli, Marco, ed. Rome: Art & Architecture. Cologne: Konemann, 1999. (p.432 left)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Bussagli courtesy: Foto Archivio Fabbrica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 656-04.jpg
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