Villa Farnesina | villa, Rome, Italy | Britannica (original) (raw)

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ceiling

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  In ceiling
  The loggia of the Farnesina villa in Rome, decorated by Raphael and Giulio Romano, is a good example of this. In the Baroque period, fantastic figures in heavy relief, scrolls, cartouches, and garlands were also used to decorate ceilings of this type. The Pitti Palace in Florence and many…
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Renaissance architecture

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  In Western architecture: High Renaissance in Italy (1495–1520)
  …of the period is the Villa Farnesina (1509–11) at Rome by Baldassarre Peruzzi from Siena. Designed for the fabulously wealthy Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, the villa was the scene of numerous elaborate banquets for the pope and cardinals. A suburban villa, the Farnesina was planned in relation to the gardens…
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