Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Villa of Livia; Garden Fresco Room
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Villa of Livia; Garden Fresco Room
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Image View:
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Detail, long wall showing cane fence, manicured garden, low stone wall and wilder garden beyond
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; largo di Villa Peretti, 1
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GPS:
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+41.901403+12.498216
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Date:
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ca. 30-20 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman); Second Style
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster; decorated stuccowork
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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19 ft (width, room)
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Description:
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The Villa of Livia, (Livia Drusilla, later Julia Augusta) the wife of Augustus, is located at Prima Porta on the Via Flaminia. It was probably part of the dowry she brought to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The site was rediscovered and explored as early as 1596, but it was not recognized as the Villa of Livia until the 19th century. The frescoes of a semi-subterranean chamber, probably a cool triclinium (dining room) for summer banquets, discovered in 1863 and dating back to the late 1st century BCE, show a luscious garden with ornamental plants and pomegranate trees. Many of the plant and tree species can be identified. These frescoes were removed to Rome. Following cleaning and restoration, they were reinstalled in the Palazzo Massimo in 1998. The vault above the fresco was covered with stucco reliefs of which only a few survive. The garden can be seen in an Augustan light, where the cultivated orderly garden in the foreground and the wild grove beyond symbolize the harmony of the state under a common rule of order and the unpredictable world of nature. (Source: Area Archeology of Rome [website]; http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PM-VLGP-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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