Piazza Farnese

Image View Description

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

Date

1517-1589 (Palazzo)

Main Work
Palazzo Farnese
Creator
Sangallo, Antonio da, the younger (Italian architect, 1484-1546)
Style/Period
Renaissance
Culture
Italian
Subject
Palazzo Farnese (Rome, Italy)
Location
Rome (Italy)
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

Photographer
Gina Ciancone
Record ID
1213_rome2012_piazzafarnese_vr_002
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