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Villa Giulia in Rome nymphaeum

The nymphaeum

Villa Giulia in Rome

View toward the end of the main courtyard

Jacopo Sansovino The Library of San Marco (Biblioteca Marciana) begun 1537 -next to Sansovino's building for the Venetian mint, the Zecca. -Established to shelter the manuscripts left to the republic by a cardinal who was a greek humanist and patriarch of constantinople -Sansovino inspired by ancient author pasanias description of marble library of roman emperor Hadrian -He was also influenced by vitruvias writings So wanted roading room to facade morning light' -Ground story archade in roman doric order based on colosseum -But lots of extensive decoration- keystones carved into altnerating masks and lions heads and recumbant figures fill the spandrels -In \ionic order second tory, columnson hgh bases like bramante's palazzo caprini Support and entablature with a frieze of putti and garlands that hide a half tory of mzzanine windows -Arch flanked by pairs of fluted columns that are two thirds the hight of the smooth larger columns -Pairing of the columns creates effect of plastic richness -Verticals are accented- corners are piers articulate by pilasters Balustrade crows structure divided by base that supports statues and obelisks prolonging the line -Open ballustade, statues, obelisks relace traditional unbroken cornice that was key feature of renaissace design -Oter traditional boundaries issolved,n o walls on arepparent one ithers tory only cluster of columsn and piers

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