The Farnese circular courtyard at Caprarola: God, geopolitics, genealogy, and gender.
From: The Art Bulletin
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Date: 6/1/2001
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Author: Partridge, Loren
About thirty miles north of Rome, within the former state of Ronciglione, the Villa Farnese dominates the village of Caprarola, situated on a steep lava ridge just over the rim to the southeast of the volcanic crater forming the Lago di Vico (Figs. 1-3). Caprarola was originally approachable only from a branch off the main Ronciglione-to-Viterbo road running along the eastern crest of the crater. But the villa's principal architect, Giacomo Vignola (1507-1573), designed a more direct ...
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