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In 2011 the Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute began a coin series entitled Flora and Fauna in Art Masterpieces. A Dual program with a €20 gold coin dedicated to flora or botanical themes, and a €50 gold coin inspired by fauna or zoological themes. The coins would illustrate and celebrate plant and animal life as portrayed in classical art through the ages.
The Baroque is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including the Iberian Peninsula, it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 19th century. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well.
The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to France, northern Italy, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Russia. By the 1730s, it had evolved into an even more flamboyant style, called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and Central Europe until the mid to late 18th century.
Artist: Valerio De Seta
Obverse
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Depicts Piazza della Minerva in Rome. In the foreground an elephant carrying an ancient obelisk; all around, from left to right, the inscription “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA”; below, on the right, the name of the designer “V. DE SETA”; around, a dot decorated frame. REPUBBLICA ITALIANA |
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Reverse
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Depicts the elephant of Piazza della Minerva in Rome; all around, from left to right, the inscription “Fauna in Art”; in the field, the mintmark “R” and the year of issue; below, the value; around, a dot decorated frame. FAUNA NELL'ARTE |
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50 Euro
Flora and Fauna in Art Masterpieces
Fauna: Baroque
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KM# 370
Flora and Fauna in Art Masterpieces
Fauna: Baroque