Felsige Fundamente: Diese Ecke des 1500s erbauten Renaissance-Palastes der mächtigen Familie Orsini in Bomarzo, Latium, Italien, folgt den Konturen der riesigen vulkanischen Felsen auf dem Hügel. Unter dem Palazzo schuf Vicino Orsini den bizarren Parco del Mostri (Park der Monster), eine groteske Manierist-Skulptur in einem Terrassengarten, der später seiner Frau Giulia Farnese gewidmet war.
2811 x 4232 px | 23,8 x 35,8 cm | 9,4 x 14,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
13. Juni 2008
Ort:
Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy
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Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy: moulded to the rocks … this corner of the Renaissance palace once owned by the powerful Orsini family, converted in the 1500s from a medieval castle, seems to grow out of giant hilltop boulders of volcanic rock above this small town north-west of Rome and north-east of Viterbo, the provincial capital. The new palace’s first wing was designed by Sienese architect and painter Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536). Work continued for several decades, mostly for condottiere (mercenary captain), intellectual and humanist arts patron, Pier Francesco Orsini (1523-1583), Duke of Bomarzo, known in his lifetime as Vicino Orsini. Other architects and artists who worked on the palace included sculptor and architect Francesco Moschino and followers of the Baroque painter Pietro da Cortona. Vicino sought to convey his love for his wife, Giulia Farnese, when he created a terraced garden, The Villa of the Wonders, below the palace and he dedicated it to her memory after she died in the 1560s. The terraces host enigmatic larger-than-life Mannerist statues and other artworks by architect and painter Pirro Ligorio (c. 1512-1583). They include the Orcus or Ogre face with a walk-in open mouth, wrestling giants, Hannibal’s war elephants and the Casa Storta or Twisted House, built to lean backwards and with sloping floors. The Orsini family sold the palace in 1645 to Duke Ippolito Lante delle Rovere. In 1836, it passed to the Borghese family, but it now belongs to the Bomarzo municipality, which has its offices in Vicino Orsini’s Gallery apartment. The so-called Park of the Monsters or Parco del Mostri attracts many visitors from all over the world. It is also known as Bosco dei Mostri (Grove of the Monsters) and Sacro Bosco (Sacred Woods). D0634.A7586
