Fall of the Giants from Mount Olympus

Fall of the Giants from Mount Olympus
Giulio Romano
1530 - 2
Sala de Giganti

• constructed for Charles V's 2nd visit to Mantua
• depicts courtly festivity he would design
• makes claims for self as an artist - competes with past artists
  
• Mantena's devices are used - crumbling architecture
• Makes claims for Frederico and Romano as better than their predessescors
  
• Reverbating accoustics and stone floor gives a sense of chaos to the room and mimics the artistic scene
• The giant with the horn is a reference to sound contributing the unsettling feeling of the room
• Imitates the trigyphs coming apart on the facade
• takes antique references and turns them on their head
  
• The space is meant to please the senses and employs some mannerism to achieve this.