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The monkey with glasses reading a book, 1501-03 (monochrome fresco)

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Image title
The monkey with glasses reading a book, 1501-03 (monochrome fresco)
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Artist
Signorelli, Luca (c.1450-1523) (workshop of) / Italian
Photographer
Ghigo Roli
Location
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (MODO), Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
Medium
monochrome fresco
Date
1501 AD - 1503 AD (C16th AD)
Image description

Alberi Library, a cycle of monochrome frescoes where famous classical masters of different subjects are represented (law, medicine, astronomy, grammar), attributed to Luca Signorelli's pupils, 1501-1503: detail of the most famous and most curious drawing of the monkey with glasses that opens a book where the phrase "Legere et non intelligere est negligere" appears (Reading and not understanding is equivalent to not reading). A moral maxim of an anonymous author dated approximately around the third century and become very famous in schools, especially for students of Latin grammar. La scimmia con gli occhiali che legge. Orvieto, MODO (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto), Libreria Alberi, ciclo di affreschi a monocromo dove sono rappresentati famosi maestri classici delle diverse materie (diritto, medicina, astronomia, grammatica), attribuiti alla scuola di Luca Signorelli, 1501-1503: particolare del disegno più celebre e più curioso della scimmia con gli occhiali che apre un libro dove compare scritta la frase "Legere et non intelligere est negligere" (Leggere e non capire equivale a non leggere). Una massima morale di un autore anonimo datata indicativamente intorno al III secolo e diventata molto famosa nelle scuole, in particolare per gli studenti della grammatica latina.

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Ghigo Roli / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
16th century / Italy / Europe / Umbria / monkey / animal / Signorelli Luca (1450-1523) / painter / artist / art / affresco / fresco / arte / art / biblioteca / library / Ignoranza / ignorance / il cinquecento / 16th century / italia / luca signorelli / Modo / monocromo / monochrome / museo / museum / occhiali / glasses / artwork / Orvieto / pittura / painting / rinascimento / Renaissance / ritratto / portrait / scimmia / terni / xvi secolo / xvi century / Museum of the Opera of the Duomo

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