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VILLA MAD AM A, FARNE SIAN GARDENS AND VILLA PAPA GIULIO. 47
Caprarola. It is said, in fact, that the latter great work took the place of a palace intended
to be built by Cardinal Alexander Farnese at the top of these Farnesian gardens on the
Palatine. Vignola (1507—1573) was certainly the architect for the grand doorway of access
from the Campo Vaccino. The fountain was designed by Michael Angelo, and the two side
pavilions by Girolamo Rainaldi (1570-1655). The absence of the crowning palace explains a
definite want of a central
point of interest and a
definite lack of unity
apparent in the scheme.
The Villa Papa Giulia
is to-day one of the most
important museums i n
Rome, as containing the
priceless results of
Etruscan research. As its
surroundings have been
much altered by new roads,
it is most interesting to
approach it from the
main road, on which the
unfinished Casino di Papa
Giulio III still stands.
This fine, massive design,
with its canted angle
treated as screen wall
fountain, is ascribed to
that very great architect
Baldassare Peruzzi (1481—
1537), though built at a
date of about 1550. A
way enclosed by walls
leads up from this point
direct to the villa, which
is seen at an angle. It is
one of the most interesting
of Vignola’s works, being
very skilfully planned for
a maximum of internal
effect. There are few
prettier sights than the
view across the garden
court, gay with flowers
in box-edged patterns set
on margins of grass, and
backed by sturdy palm
trees symmetrically
balanced. The view
extends right through on
an axis which threads the
screen - like centres of
58.—DETAIL OF THE CASINO.
the further pavilions, to end in a little walled garden hung with roses and filled with laurel trees.
The villa was built by Vignolain 1550-55 for Pope Giulio III. Vasari claims to have had
a share in it, and drags in Michael Angelo as well. Vignola, however, was an extremely
competent person, as Caprarola, completed in 1549, remains to show. The fine barrel-vaulted
Caprarola. It is said, in fact, that the latter great work took the place of a palace intended
to be built by Cardinal Alexander Farnese at the top of these Farnesian gardens on the
Palatine. Vignola (1507—1573) was certainly the architect for the grand doorway of access
from the Campo Vaccino. The fountain was designed by Michael Angelo, and the two side
pavilions by Girolamo Rainaldi (1570-1655). The absence of the crowning palace explains a
definite want of a central
point of interest and a
definite lack of unity
apparent in the scheme.
The Villa Papa Giulia
is to-day one of the most
important museums i n
Rome, as containing the
priceless results of
Etruscan research. As its
surroundings have been
much altered by new roads,
it is most interesting to
approach it from the
main road, on which the
unfinished Casino di Papa
Giulio III still stands.
This fine, massive design,
with its canted angle
treated as screen wall
fountain, is ascribed to
that very great architect
Baldassare Peruzzi (1481—
1537), though built at a
date of about 1550. A
way enclosed by walls
leads up from this point
direct to the villa, which
is seen at an angle. It is
one of the most interesting
of Vignola’s works, being
very skilfully planned for
a maximum of internal
effect. There are few
prettier sights than the
view across the garden
court, gay with flowers
in box-edged patterns set
on margins of grass, and
backed by sturdy palm
trees symmetrically
balanced. The view
extends right through on
an axis which threads the
screen - like centres of
58.—DETAIL OF THE CASINO.
the further pavilions, to end in a little walled garden hung with roses and filled with laurel trees.
The villa was built by Vignolain 1550-55 for Pope Giulio III. Vasari claims to have had
a share in it, and drags in Michael Angelo as well. Vignola, however, was an extremely
competent person, as Caprarola, completed in 1549, remains to show. The fine barrel-vaulted