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Description: Villa Farnesina, Rome, plan

TitleVilla Farnesina, Rome, plan

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1500–1600

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsDark brown ink, black chalk, and incised lines

Dimensions17 1/8 x 22 7/16 in. (43.5 x 57 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360503

Accession number49.92.53

SubjectsArchitectural drawingDwellings--ItalyArchitecture, Renaissance--Italy

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3. The Early Suburban Villa

David R. Coffin

The Villa in the Life of Renaissance Rome

The Villa Belvedere, built for Pope Innocent VIII (1484-1492) on the summit of Monte Sant’Egidio north of St. Peter’s and the Vatican Palace (Fig. 39, p. 71), is the earliest building in Rome to present fully all the characteristics of the Renaissance villa. In terms of its function it is, of course, not the first Roman villa, for this...

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David R. Coffin

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.63-110

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00163.010

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Chapter subject tags:Architecture, Renaissance--ItalyCountry homes--ItalySuburban homes, Renaissance--ItalyAppian Way (Italy)Papacy--History

2. What the Apostles Taught: Domenico Beccafumi’s Chiaroscuro Woodblock Prints

Evelyn Lincoln

The Invention of the Italian Renaissance Printmaker

~~In 1593 Andrea Andreani, an itinerant woodblock cutter in Siena, packed up shop and returned to his native Mantua to begin work on a print commission from Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga. The task was...

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.45-110

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00148.005

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Chapter subject tags:Christian art and symbolism--Renaissance, 1450-1600Prints, Renaissance--ItalyBeccafumi, Domenico, 1486-1551Wood-engraving, Renaissance

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