Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
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Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuit
Vignola Regola 1562
The five orders, engraving from Vignola's Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura
Church of the Gesù, Rome, also named Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the "Argentina"
Cloister of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum is traditionally attributed to Vignola but completed after his death. Ten arches on the long sides and seven on the short are sustained by pilasters with Tuscan-style ornamentation that rise from high plinths. A simple frieze with smooth triglyphs and metopes separates the lower from the upper levels.
Church of the Gesù
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The Church of the Gesù, officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù, is a church located at Piazza del Gesù in the Pigna rione of Rome, Italy. It is the mother church of the Society of Jesus.
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
…was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome. The three architects who spread the Italian Renaissance style throughout Western Europe are Vignola, Serlio and Palladio. He is often considered…
Giacomo della Porta's façade, precursor of Baroque
Dome
Nave
Detail of ceiling showing the trompe l'oeil effect