# Interior view

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/interior-view-rd91b997e20182f>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [VIGNOLA, Giacomo da](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

The most extraordinary feature of the Villa Farnese is the perfectly round interior courtyard. This form had been considered for Caprarola by Sangallo and it had been used by Vignola himself in his Villa Cervini project, but such examples fail to anticipate the consummate power of this solution. The absolute geometry of the circle is in stark contrast to the shifting, ambiguous prospects of the pentagonal exterior. The photo shows the round courtyard.

## Related artworks

- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/aerial-view-r641449e28aa297>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/aerial-view-r83a459e9dad45b>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/aerial-view-ra43a0d138fe5f5>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/aerial-view-rdeb2d1c7dfe2e1>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/exterior-view-r01355a576f2a91>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/exterior-view-r02c7305c962e9f>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/exterior-view-r2252073d357275>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/exterior-view-r38bb1560d96efd>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/exterior-view-r52892ef62aa763>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/exterior-view-ra8a04bf11510f3>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/exterior-view-rab78834f98d704>)
- [Fountain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignola-giacomo-da-r9942c8318cd5b6/fountain-r31a14d8c72ccc8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)