AMMANATI, Bartolomeo
(b. 1511, Settignano, d. 1592, Firenze)
AMMANATI, Bartolomeo (b. 1511, Settignano, d. 1592, Firenze) |
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Interior view1551-55Photo Villa Giulia, Rome | |
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The Villa Giulia was built in 1551 at the request of Pope Julius III (1550-1555) who called on three eminent architects: Vasari, Vignola and Ammanati. The villa has a first inner courtyard with a semicircular portico whose vault is frescoed. The wall paintings imitate an arbour full of vine shoots, roses and jasmine. In 1552, Bartolomeo Ammanati created a second space with a loggia with a horseshoe staircase, a nymphaeum with rock gardens, false caves and caryatids, all decorated with Roman sculptures. The photo shows the Nymphaeum with re-using an Ancient Roman mosaic of a triton. View the ground plan of the Villa Giulia, Rome. | |
