{"id":15075,"date":"2011-10-21T23:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T06:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15075"},"modified":"2021-03-15T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:08:44","slug":"the-cardinals-apartments-at-villa-medici-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15075","title":{"rendered":"The Cardinal’s Apartments at Villa Medici in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Villa Medici in Rome, Italy has offered guided tours of the gardens for some time but, this summer, the apartments of Cardinal Ferdinando I de’ Medici were opened to the public for the first time this summer. The most striking feature of the Cardinal’s apartments were the coffered ceilings, decorated with beautiful paintings and designed so as to look like they were framed.<\/p>\n

The first room is the Elements Room, the second is the Muses Room (which was the Cardinal’s bedroom), and the third is the Room of Jupiter’s Loves . The Elements Room features depictions of the four basic elements and the Muses Room displays paintings of various Muses. While Cosme III was staying at Villa Medici in 1700, he considered the paintings in the Room of Jupiter’s Loves too licentious and had them burned.<\/p>\n

\"Elements<\/a><\/p>\n

Elements Room Ceiling<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Elements Room Ceiling (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Elements<\/a><\/p>\n

Elements Room Central Figure<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Elements Room Central Figure (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Elements<\/a><\/p>\n

Elements Room Corner Figure<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Elements Room Corner Figure (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Muses<\/a><\/p>\n

Muses Room Ceiling<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Muses Room Ceiling (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Muses<\/a><\/p>\n

Muses Room Central Figure<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Muses Room Central Figure (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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