The room of maps at Caprarola, 1573-75.

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: September 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

This essay, an interpretation of a major Late Renaissance hall of state, is based on four fundamental premises. First, the decorative program of the Room of Maps (Sala del Mappamondo) in the Villa Farnese at Caprarola (Figs. 1-5) was based above all on the ideology of status, privilege, service, and merit of its patron, Alessandro Farnese (15201589), who was a leading member of one of the principal upstart noble dynasties in Renaissance Italy and a cardinal of the Roman Church for over half a century.(1) Second, Cardinal Farnese's familial and cardinalitial ideology was embedded ...

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