Palazzo Spada (Rome, Italy) : False Perspective Colonnade, Plan of the colonnade
- Creator:
- Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667
- Published/Created:
- Palazzo Spada, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1652 - Physical Description:
- 8.6 m (length)
- Date Depicted:
- 10/18/1998
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- Borromini also worked at the Palazzo Spada in Piazza Capodiferro near the Palazzo Farnese. In the garden he created a folly known as the Prospettiva (1652); this was to become more famous than the actual palazzo, which had been altered by Paolo Maruscelli before 1649. With its slanted walls, floor and vault, this corridor conjures up the illusion of a Doric colonnade 20 m long, whereas its length is only 8.6 m. The ideas tried out in this small garden building were picked up in Bernini's Scala Regia (1663-6) at the Vatican. The mathematical basis for Borromini's witty little building was probably provided by an Augustinian mathematician, Giovanni Mario da Bitonto. [The "lifesize" sculpture in daylight beyond is only 60 cm high.]
- Variant Titles:
- Prospettiva
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-BF-PSC-AA1
- Genre:
- architectural elements (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:
- architectural exteriors; architectural elements construction architectural elements; colonnades; buildings; garden structures architectural drawings; colonnade drawing
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/18/1998 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10086717
- PID:
- digcoll:1814954