# Palazzo Montecitorio: backside view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BASILE, Ernesto]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Although most of Basile's work was for private patrons, his new parliament building in Rome was a vast addition to Bernini's Palazzo Montecitorio. Its understatedness is unusual among the grandiose public and commercial buildings of the time. Unpretentious brick and the use only of pilasters determinedly avoided the bombast of stone and chiaroscuro of many contemporary buildings. The photo shows the façade of Basile's building. ## Related artworks - [Art Nouveau dining set]() - [Cappella Lanza di Scalea]() - [Cassa di Risparmio: façade]() - [Chair]() - [Chiosco Ribaudo]() - [Hotel Villa Igiea: ballroom]() - [Hotel Villa Igiea: exterior view]() - [Hotel Villa Igiea: view from the garden]() - [Hotel Villa Igiea: view from the garden]() - [Hotel Villa Igiea: view from the harbour]() - [Palazzo Montecitorio: backside view]() - [Palazzo Montecitorio: Courtyard of Honour]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()