Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Farnese | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
Location | Rome, Italy |
Coordinates | 41°53′41″N 12°28′15″E / 41.89472°N 12.47083°E |
Client | Pope Paul III |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Antonio da Sangallo the Younger Michelangelo Vignola |
Palazzo Farnese ([paˈlattso farˈneːze, -eːse]) or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and currently serves as the French embassy in Italy.
First designed in 1517 for the
At the end of the 16th century, the important fresco cycle of
History
"The most imposing Italian palace of the 16th century", according to Sir Banister Fletcher,
When, in January 1534 Alessandro became Pope
Architectural features of the main facade
On the garden side of the palace, which faced the
During the 16th century, two large granite basins from the Baths of Caracalla were adapted as fountains in the Piazza Farnese, the "urban" face of the palace.
The palazzo was further modified for the
Following the death of Cardinal
After Odoardo's death,
Interior decorations
Several main rooms were
For generations, the room with Herculean frescoes accommodated the famous Greco-Roman antique sculpture known as the
One of the vault and ceiling fresco by Annibale Carracci is Galleria Farnese, an art gallery. According to Ann Sutherland Harris, "The Galleria frescoes make even more extensive use of ancient sculptural and architectural sources, and in addition take their basic structure from two ceilings by the most prestigious artists of the High Renaissance in Rome, the Loggia of Psyche by Raphael and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling". Carracci adopted the quadri riportati, which the ceiling is divided into units and turned it into a collection of framed paintings, along with the cast masks among the garlands, and carved putti, and sculptures supporting the central scene. This large central scene depicts the triumphal progress of Bacchus and Ariadne. Two smaller paintings are attached to the top and bottom of the central picture, and two vertical pictures on either side, filled with sphinxes, Pan, and two satyrs.
Inspired works
The Palazzo's design has inspired several buildings outside Italy, including the
Puccini's Tosca
In
Palazzo Farnese library
The Palazzo Farnese houses the great scholarly library amassed by the
- F.C. Uginet, Le palais farnèse à travers les documents financiers (Rome 1980).
- A. Chastel, Le Palais Farnèse. Ecole Française de Rome I.1 and I.2 and II (Rome 1980–82).
- F. Fossier. Le Palais Farnèse III.2. La bibliothèque Farnèse. Étude des manuscrits latins et en langue vernaculaire (Rome 1982).
- B. Jestaz, Le Palais Farnèse III.3. L'inventaire du palais et des propriéeés Farnèse à Rome en 1644 (Rome 1994)
Palazzo Farnese in popular culture
The Palazzo Farnese was filmed as part of the 2013 Julian Fellowes re-creation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet starring Douglas Booth as Romeo.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ D. Cruikshank, ed. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture, 20th edition 1996:873.
- ^ The definitive date, based on new documentary information was published by Christoph Frommel, (in A. Chastel, ed. Le palais Farnèse; Murray 1963 cited construction beginning in 1513, Giedion in 1514
- ^ Thanks to his sister, who was Pope Alexander VI Borgia's official mistress
- ^ Facade conservation works made in 2000 by Laura Cherubini see Alessandro Pergoli Campanelli, Il Restauro di Palazzo Farnese – AR, XXXV, luglio-agosto 2000, pp. 36–39.
- Siegfried Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture (1941) 1962, pp. 56–57.
- ^ Coffin David, The Villa in the Life of Renaissance Rome, Princeton University Press, 1979, p. 90
- ^ Quoted from: Colvin, Clare. Eccentric Rebel Without a Crown. Independent, 24 May 2004.
- ISBN 5-352-01476-2. Vol. 2, page 155.
- ^ Maynard, Brent. "Detroit Athletic Club". Detroit Historical Society. Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ page 49, in the Rev. Alfred Barry's, The Life and Times of Sir Charles Barry R.A., F.S.A., 1867, John Murray
References
- Murray, Peter (1963). The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance. Schocken Books, New York. pp. 158–164.
See also
External links
- Romeartlover site with 1765 print by Giuseppi Vasi
- Romeartlover entry for Farnese
- Satellite photo – The Palazzo Farnese is the massive, almost square, courtyarded structure in the center of the photo, to the North of the Tiber. The smaller bracket-shaped building southwest (lower) across the Tiber is the Villa Farnesina.
- Farnese Palace
- Palazzo Farnese travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Media related to Palazzo Farnese (Roma) at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by Palazzo della Consulta |
Landmarks of Rome Palazzo Farnese |
Succeeded by Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini |