Villa Giulia (Rome, Italy) : Nymphaeum, the west wall (by Ammannati)
- Creator:
- Buontalenti, Bernardo, ca. 1531-1608
Vignola, Jacopo da, 1507-1573 - Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
1551-1555 - Date Depicted:
- 5/1/1996
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- brick
fresco
marble
mosaic
stone
stucco - Notes:
- Vignola settled permanently in Rome and soon entered papal service. His first major work was the Villa Giulia (Villa di Papa Giulio; 1551-1555) or, more precisely, its casino. Located above the Via Flaminia just outside the Porta del Popolo, the villa suburbana consists of a small U-shaped palace, the casino, to which is attached a rectangular walled garden court terminating in a loggia and a sunken neo-antique nymphaeum. The complex was built for Julius III and apparently conceived by Vasari in consultation with Michelangelo in the winter of 1550; Vignola is recorded at work there from February 1551 until March 1555. From a lost master-plan attributable to him, it is known that two arcaded wings were to have extended laterally from the casino and the garden court was to have been lozenge-shaped. These remarkable features were discarded soon after construction began and in 1552 Bartolomeo Ammanati was commissioned to redesign much of the court and nymphaeum. Apart from assisting in hydraulic work for the fountains, Vignola was concerned only with the construction and decoration of the casino. The building's two-storey façade was innovative for its rational integration of all parts into an expressive unit.
- Variant Titles:
- Villa di Papa Giulio
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-R-VGI-G6
- Genre:
- architecture (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; rulers and leaders construction buildings; dwellings; houses; town houses; palazzi court; nymphaeum; balustrade; loggia
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/1/1996 - 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:
- 10096113
- PID:
- digcoll:1844809