03 — ARTWORK
Exterior view
- MEDIUM
- Photo
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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THIS REPRODUCTION
- FILE
- 1230 × 605 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
A fortified building had been standing on the site in Castello"castle", palace. in the hills near Florence since at least 1427, and was purchased in 1477 by Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, who reconstructed the old building, adding a courtyard, a loggiaA gallery or room open on one or more sides, its roof supported by columns. Loggias in Italian Renaissance buildings were generally on the upper levels. Renaissance loggias were also separate structure, often standing in markets and town squares, that could be used for public ceremonies., kitchens and stables. In the 1540s Cosimo I de' Medici commissioned the engineer Piero da San Casciano to construct a system of aqueducts to bring water to the villaa residence in the country (in Italy); villas acquired palace-like characteristics from the Renaissance onwards. and its gardens, the sculptor Niccolò Tribolo to create fountains, statues and a garden, and the architect Giorgio Vasari to restore and enlarge the villa. The gardens, filled with fountains, statuary, and a grotto, became famous throughout Europe. The gardens of the villa had a profound influence upon the design of the Italian Renaissance garden and the later French formal garden.
The photo shows the garden front of the villa.
OTHER WORKS BY ITALIAN ARCHITECT
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Exterior view by ARCHITECT, Italian},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-italian-rba53e875123939/exterior-view-r2c44d581536fea},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.