Palazzo Barberini (Rome, Italy) : Western side, projection of the southern wing into the entrance court

Creator:

Maderno, Carlo, ca. 1556-1629

Published/Created:

Rome, Lazio, Italy
Rione Trevi; Piazza Barberini
1628-1633 ; 1671-1679 (alteration)

Date Depicted:

4/8/2009

Materials:

stone; stucco

Notes:

The Palazzo Barberini, begun in December 1628, was the last and most complex of Maderno's palace designs, although it was largely executed by others. The basic idea for this palace, with two separate wings in an H-plan, was conceived by its owner, Taddeo Barberini, nephew of Pope Urban VIII. The site is sloping and the piazza lies on a lower level. Although many others contributed to the design, Maderno was in charge of design development. Here again can be seen his characteristic planning of eminently functional suites, closed axes (most notably in the deep, apsed entrance portico, the passage through which was cut only in the 1670s), the complex, three-dimensional arrangement of rooms on the several levels of the palace and the linking stairs. The great three-storey, seven-bay loggia of the west façade is surprising in the context of Maderno's oeuvre (or that of any other Roman architect in the 1620s), but the whole exterior is rendered in his distinctive style with such details as columns set within channels in the walls, splayed jambs (resembling those at the stair entrance in the Palazzo Mattei) in the third storey of the loggia, and the superimposed frames of the north portal. Between 1671 and 1679 the palace was extensively remodelled, apparently under the direction of Angelo Torrone.

Variant Titles:

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

Topics:

Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
Palaces -- Italy -- Rome (LC)
Palazzo Barberini (Rome, Italy) (LC)

Period/Style:

Baroque

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

1A2-I-R-PB-A28

Coordinates:

+41.903611+12.490278

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
palazzi (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; dwellings; houses; town houses; palazzi architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
4/8/2009

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10472067

PID:

digcoll:1798151