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PalazzoDucalediVeneziaCapital

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Image ID :	PalazzoDucaleVenCap17
View/Description :	Detail of Ptolemy?
Image Creator :	Giovanni Dall'Orto
Image Date :	July 31, 2008
Image Source :	Wikimedia Commons
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Rights Owner :	commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto
URL to larger image :	Wikimedia Commons

Work ID :	PalazzoDucaleVenCap17
Title :	Ptolemy Capital Palazzo Ducale di Venezia: Porch: 17th Capital Doge's Palace: Porch: 17th Capital
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Date (of work) :	1309 to 1424
Location/Site :	Venezia [TGN] Italy [TGN]
GIS Coordinates :	45.4339,12.34 45° 26′ 2.04″ N, 12° 20′ 24″ E
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Description :	Capital # 17 in the porch (counting as # 0 the one at the corner near the Bridge of Sighs): The seven Liberal arts "Tolomeus astrologus" (Ptolemy, as a symbol for Astronomy).
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Work Type :	capital (column component) [AAT]
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Material :	stone (rock) [AAT]
Technique :	carving (processes) [AAT]
Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Gothic (Medieval) [AAT]
Cultural Context :	Italian [ULAN]
Subject :	Ptolemy, 2nd cent. [LCNA] astronomy [AAT] astronomers [AAT] portraits [AAT]
Relation :	part of: Palazzo ducale (Venice, Italy) [LCSH]
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Text Reference :	Ruskin, John. The Stones of Venice. London: Smith, Elder, and co, 1851. p. 193
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