Document Type
Article
Department
Art and Art History (Pomona)
Publication Date
1986
Keywords
Renaissance, Italy, Villa Doria, Genoa, Perino del Vaga
Abstract
Recent scholarship on the Renaissance villa in Italy has emphasized its two major functions, as a pleasure retreat from the city and as a ceremonial entry into the city. This documentary note publishes a previously unknown Mantuan description of the Villa Doria in Genoa, addressed to Isabella d'Este, during the triumphal entry of Charles V into Genoa from March 28 to April 8, 1533. The document has interest for Renaissance scholars as the first description of the Villa Doria and of Perino del Vaga's decorations of 1529-33. It also shows the villa as part of a ceremonial sequence of entry into the city, which helps to explain many aspects of the villa's design and decorative program.
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© 1986 George Gorse
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Recommended Citation
Gorse, George, "An Unpublished Description of the Villa Doria during Charles V's Entry into Genoa, 1533," The Art Bulletin 68 (1986), pp. 319-322
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