Bees on the tomb of Urban VIII

Author

Davis, Howard McP.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Source : notes in the history of art. 1989, Num. 4-1, Vol. 8-9, p. 40-48, 6 ill.

ISSN

0737-4453

Abstract (en)

On the significance and sources of the three sets of bees on the tomb of Urban VIII (Rome, Vatican, S. Peter's); proposes that the small bees are meant to suggest the odor of sanctity, while the sources for the large Barbarini bees are Rubens's title page of the Poemata of Urban VIII as well as contemporary prints recording microscopic images of bees.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
• Sepulchral monuments
• Tomb of Urban VIII
• Vaticano, S. Pietro||Roma (ITA)
• Italy
• 1600-1700
• Bees
• Iconography
• Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
• Prints
• Title-pages
• Sources
• Representation
• Urban VIII, pope, 1568-1644
• Roma (ITA)
• Belgium
• Microscopes

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
• Monument funéraire
• Tombeau d'Urbain VIII
• Vaticano, S. Pietro||Roma (ITA)
• Italie
• 1600-1700
• Abeille
• Iconographie
• Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
• Estampe
• Page de titre
• Sources
• Représentation
• Urbain VIII, pape, 1568-1644
• Roma (ITA)
• Belgique
• Microscope

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00416726

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