Villa Giulia

Item

Title
Villa Giulia
Alternative Title
Casino della Vigna
Villa di Papa Giulio
Villa of Pope Julius
Creator
Bartolomeo Ammanati (Italian architect, 1511-1592)
Jacopo da Vignola (Italian architect, 1507-1573)
Drafter
J. J. Olivier and Ribault, Julie (French painter, engraver, and etcher, born 1789, active 1810-1826)
City
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Location
Italy
Building Creation Date
1551-1555 (creation)
Century
16th century
Description
elevation of façade
first floor balcony plan, elevations
plans
Vignola settled permanently in Rome and soon entered papal service. His first major work was the Villa Giulia (Villa di Papa Giulio
1551-1555) or, more precisely, its casino. Located above the Via Flaminia just outside the Porta del Popolo, the villa suburbana consists of a small U-shaped palace, the casino, to which is attached a rectangular walled garden court terminating in a loggia and a sunken neo-antique nymphaeum. The complex was built for Julius III and apparently conceived by Vasari in consultation with Michelangelo in the winter of 1550
Vignola is recorded at work there from February 1551 until March 1555. From a lost master-plan attributable to him, it is known that two arcaded wings were to have extended laterally from the casino and the garden court was to have been lozenge-shaped. These remarkable features were discarded soon after construction began and in 1552 Bartolomeo Ammanati was commissioned to redesign much of the court and nymphaeum. Apart from assisting in hydraulic work for the fountains, Vignola was concerned only with the construction and decoration of the casino. The building's two-storey façade was innovative for its rational integration of all parts into an expressive unit.
Techniques
line drawings (drawings)
Classification
Architectural Documentation
Documentation Type
plans
elevations
Style/Period
Renaissance
Cultural Context
Italian
Subject
architectural exteriors
architectural interiors
rulers and leaders
court
Source
Letarouilly, Paul Marie. Edifices de Rome Moderne. Paris: A. Morel, 1868, 207.
Access Rights
Public Domain
creator
Ammanati, Bartolomeo
Vignola, Jacopo da

Bartolomeo Ammanati (Italian architect, 1511-1592) and Jacopo da Vignola (Italian architect, 1507-1573), “Villa Giulia”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 14, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/19143