Renaissance Villa and Garden Flashcards
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Villa Giulia
Date: 1550-60
Architects: Giacomo de Vignola (Facade, Innter rectangular side of courtyard facade across Vasari’s) 1551-53
Ammannati (Nymphaeum loggia - lower/central)
Vasari (Semi-circular Logia in first courtyard, opposite Vignola)
Michelangelo (advisor)
Location: Rome
- Villa with semi-circular portico
- 3 openings in 1st logia, used to only be central opening
- Indoor/outdoor experience extends with overhead paintings depicting garden motifs
- Threshold between two worlds, city and country.
- Axial and symmetrical on two sides
- Divided into 3 areas longitudinally
- Central space features lower level accessed through stairs in villa.
