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Villa Imperiale Of Pesaro
The Villa Imperiale of Pesaro is a suburban palatial house outside of Pesaro, built and decorated by artists of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period. It is now a private residence but the frescoed rooms and elaborate gardens are available for touring. History A castle at the site was supposedly built starting in 1452 by Alessandro Sforza while he was visited by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. Construction continued until 1469. After various disputes, in 1521 Pesaro was conquered by Francesco Maria I Della Rovere. He commissioned the painter and architect Girolamo Genga to transform (1523-1538) the castle into an elegant ''Villa di Delizia''. His wife, Eleonora Gonzaga later commissioned further refurbishment by Pietro Bembo, including completing the ''cortile d’onore'' (courtyard of honor). In 1635, the villa became part of the Medici with the marriage of Ferdinando II with Vittoria della Rovere. Falling into disrepair, in 1763, the custody of the villa went to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Albani
Alessandro Albani (15 October 1692 – 11 December 1779) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, but should be best remembered as a leading collector of antiquities, dealer and art patron in Rome. He supported the art historian, Johann Joachim Winckelmann and commissioned paintings from Anton Raphael Mengs. As a cardinal (from 1721) he furthered the interests of the governments of Austria, Savoy and Britain against those of France and Spain; he was a noted jurist and papal administrator in his earlier career. Upon his death he was the last cardinal created by Pope Innocent XIII. Biography Alessandro Albani was born on 15 October 1692 in Urbino, then part of the Papal States. He was the son of Orazio Albani. His studied jurisprudence at the La Sapienza University in Rome. Early in life he also prepared for a military career. At the age of 9 years, on 26 August 1701, he was made an honorary member of the military brotherhood of justice of the Knights of St John of Rome, and in 1707, a colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Pesaro
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villas In Italy
Villas may refer to: Places * Villas, Florida, United States * Villas, Illinois, United States * Villas, New Jersey, United States * Las Villas, a region of Spain * Las Villas (Cuba), a former Cuban Province * The Villas, a housing estate in Stoke-upon-Trent, England Other uses * Villa, a type of house * Villa (fly), ''Villa'' (fly), a genus of insects * The Villas (band), an American rock band * Violetta Villas (1938–2011), Belgian-born Polish singer, actress, and songwriter See also *Las Tres Villas *Cinco Villas (other) *Castillo Siete Villas, a town in Arnuero, Cantabria, Spain *Villasbuenas *Villas Boas *Benalúa de las Villas *Villa (other) *Vila (other) *Vilas (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labors Of Hercules
The Labours of Hercules or Labours of Heracles ( grc-gre, οἱ Ἡρακλέους ἆθλοι, ) are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished at the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative. The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisander, dated about 600 BC. Having tried to kill Heracles ever since he was born, Hera induced a madness in him that made him kill his wife and children. Afterwards, Heracles went to the Oracle of Delphi to atone, where he prayed to the god Apollo for guidance. Heracles was told to serve Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, for ten years. During this time, he was sent to perform a series of difficult feats, called labours. History Driven mad by Hera (queen of the gods), Heracles slew his sons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Menzocchi
Francesco Menzocchi (1502–1574) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and Mannerist period. He was born in Forlì, belonged to the Forlì painting school and was active mainly in Forlì and Pesaro. Menzocchi was also called ''il Vecchio di San Bernardo''. He apprenticed first with painter Marco Palmegiani, and later Girolamo Genga. He worked under the latter in the Villa Imperiale of Pesaro, where he would influence Raffaellino del Colle. He frescoed the ''Sacrifice of Melchisedec'' and the ''Miracle of the Manna'' for the chapel of San Francesco di Paula in the Basilica of Loreto. At Forlì, he painted a ''Trinity'' for the church of Santa Maria della Grata. His sons, Pier Paolo, and Sebastiano, were also painters. In Venice, he made four paintings for the wooden ceiling of the room dedicated to Psyche of Palazzo Grimani in Santa Maria Formosa (1539–40), that unfortunately no longer exists . His biography was featured in the ''Vite'' by Giorgio Vasari Gior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronzino
Agnolo di Cosimo (; 17 November 150323 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino ( it, Il Bronzino ) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, ''Bronzino'', may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddish hair. He lived all his life in Florence, and from his late 30s was kept busy as the court painter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was mainly a portraitist but also painted many religious subjects, and a few allegorical subjects, which include what is probably his best-known work, ''Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time'', c. 1544–45, now in London. Many portraits of the Medicis exist in several versions with varying degrees of participation by Bronzino himself, as Cosimo was a pioneer of the copied portrait sent as a diplomatic gift. He trained with Pontormo, the leading Florentine painter of the first generation of Mannerism, and his style was greatly influenced by him, but his elegant and somewhat elongated figures always a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaellino Del Colle
Raffaellino del Colle (1490–1566) was an Italian Mannerist painter active mostly in Umbria. He was born in the frazione of Colle in Borgo Sansepolcro, province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. Biography He is also called ''Raffaellino della Colle'' or ''Raffaello dal Colle''. Raffaellino was a pupil of Raphael, whom he is held to have assisted in the decoration of the Farnesina and of the stanze in the Vatican Palace. After Raphael's death, Raffaellino continued working in the Vatican, helping complete the ''Sala di Constantino'' though now under the direction of Giulio Romano. After the 1527 Sack of Rome, like most of Romano's studio and most of the foreign art community, Raffaellino and other artists dispersed through Italy, most returning to their home cities. Rafaellino went to Città di Castello, near his birthplace, where he painted altar-pieces for the principal churches, which are now mostly to be found in that town's Municipal Art Gallery. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camillo Mantovano
Camillo Capelli, also called Camillo Mantovano, (active 16th century) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period in northern Italy, including Pesaro and Venice. Biography His father, a painter, was putatively born in Mirandola. The birth date is unknown, but he was likely born in Mantua. In addition to his father, he appears to have worked under Francesco Genga the Elder, and worked under the patronage of Isabella Gonzaga in Mantua. In the 1530s, under the guidance of Genga, Camillo was one of the painters, along with Francesco Menzocchi and Raffaellino del Colle to decorate with landscape and floral decoration the Villa Imperiale of Pesaro. The exact fresco is not defined, but this work was notable by Giorgio Vasari. Probably in 1539, along with Menzocchi, as well as Giuseppe and Francesco Salviati, he moved to Venice, where he helped decorate the Palazzo Grimani a Santa Maria Formosa. According to Vasari, he painted the floral wall decorations. In 1547, his sister mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battista Dossi
Battista Dossi (ca. 1490–1548), also known as Battista de Luteri, was an Italian painter who belonged to the Ferrara School of Painting. He spent nearly his entire career in service of the Court of Ferrara, where he worked with his older brother Dosso Dossi (c. 1489–1542). It is believed that Battista worked in the Rome studio of Raphael from 1517 to 1520. Battista's students include Camillo Filippi Camillo Filippi (died 1574) was an Italian painter who flourished about the middle of the 16th century. Biography Filippo was born in Ferrara. He was a disciple of Dosso Dossi, and painted historical works with some success. The ''Annunciation' ... (c. 1500–1574). Gallery File:'The Flight into Egypt' by Battista Dossi and Dosso Dossi.JPG, ''The Flight into Egypt'' File:Madonna col Bambino e santo Vescovo, Battista Dossi e Dosso Dossi 001.JPG, ''Madonna and Child with Holy Bishop'' File:Battista Dossi - Holy Family with a Shepherd - 1949.185 - Cleveland Museum of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dosso Dossi
Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi ( 1489–1542), was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early Titian. From 1514 to his death he was court artist to the Este Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena, whose small court valued its reputation as an artistic centre. He often worked with his younger brother Battista Dossi, who had worked under Raphael. He painted many mythological subjects and allegories with a rather dream-like atmospheres, and often striking disharmonies in colour. His portraits also often show rather unusual poses or expressions for works originating in a court. Biography Dossi was born in San Giovanni del Dosso, a village in the province of Mantua. His early training and life are not well documented; his father, originally of Trento, was a bursar (''spenditore'' or ''fattore'') for the Dukes of Ferrara. He may have had traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Renaissance Garden
The Italian Renaissance garden was a new style of garden which emerged in the late 15th century at villas in Rome and Florence, inspired by classical ideals of order and beauty, and intended for the pleasure of the view of the garden and the landscape beyond, for contemplation, and for the enjoyment of the sights, sounds and smells of the garden itself. In the late Renaissance, the gardens became larger, grander and more symmetrical, and were filled with fountains, statues, grottoes, water organs and other features designed to delight their owners and amuse and impress visitors. The style was imitated throughout Europe, influencing the gardens of the French Renaissance, the English knot garden, and the French formal garden style developed in the 17th century. Background Prior to the Italian Renaissance, Italian Medieval gardens were enclosed by walls, and were devoted to growing vegetables, fruits and Medicinal plants, medicinal herbs, or, in the case of monastic gardens, for sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
