Palazzo Te

Giulio Romano's Masterwork in Mantua

Ugo Bazzotti, Grazia Sgrilli

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
20 November 2013

Palaces, chateaux, country houses

An opulent pleasure palace for rest and entertainment, the Palazzo Te is the masterpiece of Renaissance artist, designer and architect Giulio Romano, the most accomplished and favoured of all Raphael's pupils.

Built for Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, between 1525 and 1536, the Palazzo's interiors are decorated with spectacular frescoes of themes from ancient myth. Showing richly imaginative scenes and trompe l'oeil fantasies, they depict gods and heroes, fictive marble statues and portraits of the Duke's favourite thoroughbreds.

From the erotic scenes of the Chamber of Psyche to the famous Chamber of the Giants, based on the defeat of the Titans by the gods of Olympus, the High Renaissance ideal of classical harmony and balance is overtaken by breathtaking illusionist techniques, with images of giants, falling masonry and the gods' thunderbolts filling the visitor's imagination.

Ugo Bazzotti takes the reader through the halls, courtyards and gardens that constitute this elaborate masterpiece of Mannerist decoration, explaining its history and the inventiveness and versatility of its creator.

By: Ugo Bazzotti, Grazia Sgrilli
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 300mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 2.450kg
ISBN: 9780500517109
ISBN 10: 050051710X
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 20 November 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giulio Romano and Federico II Gonzaga • The Palazzo • Landscapes • The Classical World • Putti • Grotesques • Animals • Devices • Hall of the Horses • Chamber of Psyche • Chamber of the Winds • Chamber of the Eagles • Chamber of the Stuccoes • Chamber of the Emperors • Chamber of the Giants • Loggia and Secret Garden

Ugo Bazzotti teaches at the Graduate School of the Catholic University of Milan, where he specializes in medieval art. He was director of Palazzo Te from 1995 to 2007.