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built facing the view is on the same level as the front door on the other side of the house, which is reached by some gentle steps from the entrance courtyard. But below the loggia there is a considerable drop to the ground, and after a narrow garden terrace, another sharp drop to the next terrace
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on its narrow entablature. The volutes of the Ionic capitals of the entrance facade are repeated in the window surrounds between them: "The canonic orders here begin to be treated visually as independent from their structural purposes, and this liberation offered the architect new expressive
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Hill): "Hinc septem dominos videre montis et totam licet aestimare Romam" ("From this point you can see the seven hills and appreciate Rome in its entirety"). In fact this would be true of a number of points on the hill.
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Romano made the whole building suggest lightness and elegance to exploit the ridge-top position and overcome the rather small Roman footprint. The orders are delicate, with
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below. To the side of the house a larger garden on a flat terrace also gives splendid views; unlike the house itself this is open to the public.
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from there, or very close by, though he slightly adjusted the slopes at the sides to expand what is actually visible from there, as did
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pilasters above, whose presence is mainly conveyed by a different colour. Alternate loggia openings are heightened by arches above the
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Turini was a Papal official (the "datary") who was a close friend of Raphael, and supervised the building of his tomb in the
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in the rooms, carried out by Raphael's workshop team under the supervision of Giulio Romano, with
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probably playing a leading part. These had subjects from Roman history designed to appeal to
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The view of the city was one of the most famous, and recorded by many artists.
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reliefs, date from a redecoration at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Hill, which here begins to slope steeply down terraces, and the large
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Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola
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Prospetto dell’alma città di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo
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Prospetto dell’alma città di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo
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View of Rome from the Villa Lante on the Janiculum Hill
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Talvacchia, Bette, "Giulio Romano." Grove Art Online,
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Rome
Coordinates
41°53′35.14″N 12°27′38.51″E / 41.8930944°N 12.4606972°E / 41.8930944; 12.4606972

Trastevere


Giuseppe Vasi
etching

Rome
Janiculum
Giulio Romano
Raphael
Martial
Republic of Finland
Senate Properties
Holy See
Janiculum
loggia
Pantheon, Rome
Villa Madama
Tuscan
Doric columns
pilasters
Ionic
entablature
classical orders
guttae

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