Palazzo Caprini
| Palazzo Caprini | |
|---|---|
 Palazzo Caprini in a 16th-century illustration | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Donato Bramante |
Palazzo Caprini was a
palazzo in Rome, Italy, in the Borgo rione between Piazza Scossacavalli and via Alessandrina (also named Borgo Nuovo). It was designed by Donato Bramante
around 1510, or a few years before.
It was also known as Palazzo di Raffaello, or
Antoine Lafréry and a partial sketch attributed to Andrea Palladio.[4]
The palace had a façade with five bays and two levels, with
Pitti Palace, with the classical orders. The decorative inclusion of large rusticated voussoirs and keystone instead of a lintel over the flat top of the lower rectangular openings in the end shop fronts was also a device with a long future. The apparent strength of a blind arched arcade with emphatic voussoirs on the rusticated ground storey gave reassuring support to the upper storey's paired Doric columns standing on rusticated piers, set against a smooth wall. The many buildings providing variations of the design include Somerset House in London.[5]
Notes
Sources
- Bruschi, A. (1989). "Edifici privati di Bramante a Roma". Palladio. II (4).
- Bruschi, A. (1969). Bramante architetto.
- Gigli, Laura (1992). Guide rionali di Roma (in Italian). Vol. Borgo (III). Roma: Fratelli Palombi Editori. ISSN 0393-2710.
- ISBN 0500201773
- [4] Herman Grimm, Leben Michelangelo's