Architecture of Italy

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1 Architecture of Italy

2 Recent Titles in Reference Guides to National Architecture Architecture of Greece Janina K. Darling Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales Nigel R. Jones Architecture of Spain Alejandro Lapunzina Architecture of France David A. Hanser

3 Architecture of Italy JEAN CASTEX Reference Guides to National Architecture David A. Hanser, Series Adviser Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut London

4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castex, Jean. Architecture of Italy / Jean Castex. p. cm. (Reference guides to national architecture, ISSN ) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (alk. paper) 1. Architecture Italy. I. Title. NA1111.C dc British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright 2008 by Jean Castex All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: ISBN-13: ISSN: First published in 2008 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z )

5 Contents Entries by Location Entries by Architectural Style and Period Preface Acknowledgments Introduction ix xiii xvii xxv xxvii ARCHITECTURE OF ITALY Augustus Gate, Perugia 1 Baths of Caracalla, Rome 4 Ca d Oro, Venice 7 Caffè Pedrocchi (Café Pedrocchi), Padua 9 Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), Rome 12 Casa Rustici, 36 Corso Sempione, Milan 15 Casa Torre, San Gimignano 17 Castel del Monte, Puglia 20 Castelvecchio Museum of Art, Verona 22 Cathedral, Campanile, Babtistery, and Campo Santo, Pisa 25 Church of the Autostrada, San Giovanni Battista, Campi Bisenzio 27 Collegio del Colle and Extensions, Urbino 30 Colonnade of Saint Peter s Basilica, Rome 32 Colosseum, Rome 35 Confraternity of San Bernardino, Chieri 38 Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome 42 Ducal Palace, Urbino 45 Fiat Lingotto Plant, Turin 47

6 vi Contents Florence Cathedral Dome, Florence 50 Forum Romanum, Roman Forum, Rome 53 Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele (Victor Emmanuel Gallery), Milan 56 Garzoni Gardens, Collodi 58 Hadrian s Villa (Villa Adriana), Tivoli 61 Horrea Epagathiana and Epaphroditiana, Ostia 63 House of the Faun, Pompeii 66 Isola Bella Gardens, Lake Maggiore 69 Laurentian Library, Florence 72 Mausoleum of Constantina (Church of Santa Costanza), Rome 74 Milan Cathedral, Milan 77 Monreale Cathedral and Cloister, Palermo 80 Monte Amiata Housing, Gallaratese, Milan 82 Orvieto Cathedral (Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary), Orvieto 86 Palace of Labor, Turin 89 Palatine Chapel, Norman Palace, Palermo 91 Palazzo dei Priori, Piazza Grande (Platea Comunis), Perugia 94 Palazzo del Te, Mantua 97 Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola 99 Palazzo Sanfelice, Naples 101 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence 104 Pantheon, Rome 107 Pazzi Chapel, Franciscan Convent of Santa Croce, Florence 110 Piazza del Campo, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena 112 Piazza Ducale, Vigevano 115 Piazza Pio II, Pienza 118 Piazza Vittorio Veneto (Piazza Po), Turin 121 Renovation of the Old Harbor, Genoa 123 Royal Hunting Lodge, Stupinigi 125 Ruins of the Greek City of Selinus, Selinunte 127 Saffa Area Public Housing, Canareggio, Venice 130 Saint Mark s Square, Venice 132 Saint Peter s Dome, Rome 135 San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome 138 San Francesco (Saint Francis Basilica), Assisi 141 San Gaudenzio Dome, Novara 144 San Marco (Saint Mark s Basilica), Venice 148 San Vitale, Ravenna 151 San Zeno Maggiore, Verona 154 Sant Andrea, Mantua 156

7 Contents vii Sant Andrea al Quirinale, Rome 160 Sant Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna 163 Santa Maria della Consolazione, Todi 165 Santa Maria della Pace Cloister, Rome 169 Santa Maria della Salute, Venice 172 Santissima Sindone (Holy Shroud Chapel), Turin 175 Spanish Steps, Rome 177 Temple of Poseidon, Paestum 180 Theater, Taormina 183 Theater of San Carlo, Naples 186 Trevi Fountain, Rome 189 Trulli, Alberobello 191 Tuscolano II Public Housing, Rome 193 Velasca Tower, Milan 195 Viaduct of the Polcevera, Genoa 198 Villa Lante Gardens, Bagnaia 200 Villa Malaparte, Capri 203 Villa Rotonda, Vicenza 206 Glossary 209 Bibliography 217 Index 223

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9 Entries by Location Entries are listed below by region and then by city or town within each region. NORTHERN ITALY Liguria Genoa Renovation of the Old Harbor, Genoa Viaduct of the Polcevera, Genoa Lombardy Mantua Palazzo del Te, Mantua Sant Andrea, Mantua Milan Casa Rustici, 36 Corso Sempione, Milan Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele (Victor Emmanuel Gallery), Milan Milan Cathedral, Milan Monte Amiata Housing, Gallaratese, Milan Velasca Tower, Milan Vigevano Piazza Ducale, Vigevano Piedmont Chieri Confraternity of San Bernardino, Chieri Lake Maggiore Isola Bella Gardens, Lake Maggiore Novara San Gaudenzio Dome, Novara Stupinigi Royal Hunting Lodge, Stupinigi Turin Fiat Lingotto Plant, Turin Palace of Labor, Turin Piazza Vittorio Veneto (Piazza Po), Turin Santissima Sindone (Holy Shroud Chapel), Turin

10 x Entries by Location Veneto Padua Caffè Pedrocchi (Café Pedrocchi), Padua Ravenna San Vitale, Ravenna Sant Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna Venice Ca d Oro, Venice Saffa Area Public Housing, Canareggio, Venice Saint Mark s Square, Venice San Marco (Saint Mark s Basilica), Venice Santa Maria della Salute, Venice Verona Castelvecchio Museum of Art, Verona San Zeno Maggiore, Verona Vicenza Villa Rotonda, Vicenza CENTRAL ITALY Latium Bagnaia Villa Lante Gardens, Bagnaia Caprarola Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola Ostia Horrea Epagathiana and Epaphroditiana, Ostia Tivoli Hadrian s Villa (Villa Adriana), Tivoli Marche, Umbria Assisi San Francesco (Saint Francis Basilica), Assisi Orvieto Orvieto Cathedral (Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary), Orvieto Perugia Augustus Gate, Perugia Palazzo dei Priori, Piazza Grande (Platea Comunis), Perugia Todi Santa Maria della Consolazione, Todi Urbino Collegio del Colle and Extensions, Urbino Ducal Palace, Urbino Rome Rome Baths of Caracalla, Rome Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), Rome Colonnade of Saint Peter s Basilica, Rome Colosseum, Rome Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome Forum Romanum, Roman Forum, Rome Mausoleum of Constantina (Church of Santa Costanza), Rome Pantheon, Rome Saint Peter s Dome, Rome San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome Sant Andrea al Quirinale, Rome Santa Maria della Pace Cloister, Rome