https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/45abb23313e7bbd37e8c8715b5b8b2fe.png efe2889e692231c87b2e77ee1e977116 Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Villa Medici: A Tale of Two Villas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tanner Fliss (2016) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context twovillas_2015 Description An account of the resource Purchased by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici in 1576, the Villa Medici can be understood as a tale of two villas. One is a traditional urban palace with a stoic, regimented front facade (pictured here). The other is a true garden villa demarcated by the building's elaborate back fa<span>ç</span>ade, which features multiple Romanesque statues, arches and columns. The Villa was clearly more of an urban palace than a garden villa prior to 1576, as Ferdinando undertook a sizable development project with the aim of more fully integrating the Villa into nature. He enlisted the help of his old friend Bartolomeo Ammanati, who drew inspiration from the contemporary gardens at the Villa d'Este to guide the additions to the Villa Medici. The additions amounted to “the distinctive attic and twin towers, the gallery wing, the Serlian loggia, the elevated appartamento nobile, and the decorated [back] facade” (Andres, 282).<br /><br />What Ferdinando de' Medici achieved through his additions to the Villa were profound aesthetic changes which, in the words of Glenn Andres, “converted a fairly conservative and static mid-century suburban villa into a striking new statement in massing and unity...In short, Ferdinando de' Medici got maximum effect for his minimal effort, radically altering the appearance of the villa and thrusting it to the forefront of contemporary design” (Andres, 283). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Glenn M. Andres, “The Villa Medici in Rome: The Projects of 1576”, Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, 19. Bd., H. 2 (1975), pp. 277-302. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Viale della Trinità dei Monti, 1, 00044 Roma RM Abstract A summary of the resource. Purchased by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici in 1576, the Villa Medici can be understood as a tale of two villas. One, a traditional urban palace that is emphasized by its stoic, regimented front facade (pictured here). The other, a true garden villa that is indicated by the elaborate back facade of the Villa, which features multiple Romanesque statues, arches and columns. The Villa was clearly more of an urban palace than a garden villa prior to 1576, as Ferdinando undertook a sizable development project with the aim of more fully integrating the Villa into nature. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1500s Type The nature or genre of the resource Place Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1576 Houses and Gardens Unsure on details