Showing posts with label Herm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herm. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Mysterious Creatures 2: Figures in Mannerist garden architecture
The Mannerist villas of Rome are populated with architectural hybrids, such as the caryatids of the Casino of Pius IV in the Vatican, above, and the herms in the screen of the Villa Giulia, below.
Tuesday, 23 January 2007
Mysterious Creatures
The nymphaeum of the Villa Giulia in Rome is the termination of the garden spaces of the villa. Its sunken position, with the grotto visible but not immediately accessible from the lower courtyard emphasises the apparent unapproachability of the female herms who merge with the architecture.
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