Palazzo del Te

(noun)

A palace in Mantua, Italy, designed by Giulio Romano, and a fine example of the Mannerist style of architecture.

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Examples of Palazzo del Te in the following topics:

  • Mantua

    • Federico commissioned Giulio Romano to build the famous Palazzo del Te, on the periphery of the city, and profoundly improved the city .
    • Once the shell of the Palazzo del Te was completed, for ten years a team of plasterers, carvers, and fresco painters labored, until barely a surface in any of the loggias or salons remained undecorated.
    • These frescoes remain today, and are the most remarkable feature of the Palazzo.
    • The Fall of the Giants is one of the most important frescoes of the Palazzo del Te.
    • The Palazzo del Te was a mannerist palace constructed from 1524-1534 by Giulio Romano and commissioned by the Duke of Mantua.

  • Mannerist Architecture

    • Peruzzi's most famous work is the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome.
    • Romano was also a highly inventive designer, working for Federico II Gonzaga at Mantua on the Palazzo del Te (1524–1534), a project that combined his skills as architect, sculptor, and painter.
    • Romano's Palazzo del Te incorporates mixture of architectural forms and textures.

  • Art and Patronage

    • In architecture, the Medici are responsible for some notable features of Florence; including the Uffizi Gallery, the Boboli Gardens, the Belvedere,the Medici Chapel and the Palazzo Medici.
    • Cosimo in turn patronized Vasari who erected the Uffizi Gallery in 1560 and founded the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno – ("Academy of the Arts of Drawing") in 1563.