{"id":26336,"date":"2025-02-03T21:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26336"},"modified":"2025-02-03T23:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T23:15:41","slug":"art-palazzo-te-giulio-romanos-masterwork-in-mantua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26336","title":{"rendered":"ART: Palazzo Te, Giulio Romano\u2019s Masterwork in Mantua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"929\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3517-929x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3517-929x1024.jpg 929w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3517-272x300.jpg 272w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3517-768x847.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3517-1393x1536.jpg 1393w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3517.jpg 1814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The image that got this train started.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was perusing Teresa\u2019s fab little book (poss <em>10,000 Years of Art<\/em>?) and came across the image above. I liked it so much I snapped it, with my iPhone (see above pic).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then decided to find out more about it. I\u2019d thought it was just a painting. Flat. On canvas, most likely. But I discovered it was in fact a mural, or wall painting. And that it covers all but the floors of a room in a palace!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"894\" height=\"894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3671-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3671-1.jpg 894w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3671-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3671-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3671-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3671-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a bit of searching lead to the discovery of the above pictured book. Which I promptly ordered. RRP is an eye watering \u00a360! I managed to get a brand new copy for a little over half that amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3670-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3670-1024x742.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3670-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3670-768x557.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3670-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3670.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My copy, arrived today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My copy arrived today. It\u2019s still shrink-wrapped, in the photo above. And\u2026 my God! It\u2019s absolutely stunning. It\u2019s a whole pleasure palace, adorned with the most opulent of interior decorations. Truly mindblowing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was perusing Teresa\u2019s fab little book (poss 10,000 Years of Art?) and came across the image above. I liked it so much I snapped it, with my iPhone (see above pic). I then decided to find out more about it. I\u2019d thought it was just a painting. Flat. On canvas, most likely. But I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26336\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ART: Palazzo Te, Giulio Romano\u2019s Masterwork in Mantua&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-6QM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26336"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26382,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26336\/revisions\/26382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}