Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Casino del Graziano
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Collection:
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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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200343
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Title:
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Casino del Graziano
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View:
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Interior, ceiling fresco
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Dates:
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1616
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View Type:
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photographs; interior views
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Location:
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Europe--Italy--Lazio--Rome
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Location Type:
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Current
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Culture:
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Italian
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Period:
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Baroque
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Creator:
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patron
Borghese, Scipione
1576-1633
Italian
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Category:
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Villas
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Work Type:
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Casinos
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Subjects:
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Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy); Borghese family; Monte Pincio (Rome, Italy); Casinos (garden structures); Grotesques; Mural painting and decoration; Ceilings
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Work Notes:
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The building was purchased by Cardinal Scipione in 1616. Its origins are unclear, but it may have originally belonged to the nearby Villa Giulia, which was built in 1551-1555. (Campitelli, 2003, 47-48)
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Copyright Notice:
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(c) Alberta Campitelli
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Rights Type:
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fair use
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Point:
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39
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