Sodoma by contessa Lilian Priuli-Bon
"Sodoma" by contessa Lilian Priuli-Bon is an art-historical monograph written in the early 20th century. It profiles the Renaissance painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, known as Sodoma, tracing his origins, training, patrons, major fresco cycles and panels, stylistic influences, critical reception, and legacy, supported by archival research and a catalogue of works. The opening of the monograph places Sodoma among the second rank of Renaissance masters—gifted yet inconsistent—contrasting Vasari’s hostile portrait with praise
from contemporaries and patrons. It clarifies his Piedmontese origins at Vercelli, early training under Martino Spanzotti, probable exposure to Leonardo’s Lombard circle, and his move to Siena, where early panels (such as a Deposition and Nativity) led to the Monte Oliveto fresco cycle. The narrative then follows his first Roman phase, where he contributed the ceiling decoration and grisaille panels to the Vatican’s Camera della Segnatura, before returning to Siena to marry and execute smaller commissions (including at San Gimignano). A second Roman sojourn under Agostino Chigi brings his Farnesina frescoes (Alexander and Roxana; the Family of Darius), alongside lively debates over Leonardesque works like the Leda. Back in Tuscany, he paints a Last Supper near Florence, the powerful Christ Bound to the Column in Siena, and, with pupils and peers, the San Bernardino frescoes; he also produces the large Adoration of the Magi and a radiant St George panel. After a hazy period of travels in northern Italy—likely deepening his Lombard manner—he returns to Siena in 1525 to create the famed St Sebastian standard, with the text noting his eccentric love of animals, his pupils, and his increasing mastery of pathos in sacred themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Priuli-Bon, Lilian, contessa, 1869-1952 |
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| Title | Sodoma |
| Original Publication | London: George Bell & Sons, 1900. |
| Credits | deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | ND: Fine Arts: Painting |
| Subject | Sodoma -- 1477?-1549 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78038 |
| Release Date | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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