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Piazza Farnese

Image View Description:

Exterior: View from NE (of the Palazzo, near center of the piazza)

Date:

1517-1589 (Palazzo)

Location:

Rome (Italy)

Culture:

Italian

Creator:

Sangallo, Antonio da, the younger

Creator Nationality:

Italian

Creator Dates:

1484-1546

Creator Role:

architect

Creator 2:

Buonarroti, Michelangelo

Creator 2 Nationality:

Italian

Creator 2 Dates:

1475-1564

Creator 2 Role:

architect

Creator 3:

Vignola, Jacopo da

Creator 3 Nationality:

Italian

Creator 3 Dates:

1507-1573

Creator 3 Role:

architect

Creator 4:

Porta, Giacomo della

Creator 4 Nationality:

Italian

Creator 4 Dates:

1532-1602

Creator 4 Role:

architect

Style / Period:

Renaissance

Subject:

Palazzo Farnese (Rome, Italy)

Subject 2:

Paul III, Pope (Alessandro Farnese II)

Main Work:

Palazzo Farnese

Photographer:

Gina Ciancone

Notes:

Piazza Farnese is dominated by the most important Renaissance architecture in history, the Palazzo Farnese. This entry is written on the basis of Palazzo Farnese as the main artwork. Also there are the two “bathtub” fountains, whose elements are known to have been taken from the Baths of Caracalla. NW corner houses the Chiesa di Santa Brigida (14th C)

Image Source:

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Record ID:

1213_rome2012_piazzafarnese_vr_001

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