1. A partial source for this proposal is to be found in a seminar paper and talk, “Vasari and the Sixteenth Century Grid,” I presented in S J Freedberg’s seminar at Harvard University in the Spring of 1976.
2. This observation was first presented to me by Colin Rowe (via Sir Ernst Gombrich) at Cornell University in 1972.
3. Hartt, Frederick, Giulio Romano, Vol. 1, New Haven, 1958, Introduction, xx.
4. The foregoing paragraph has been, to a large extent, excerpted from the previously-mentioned paper, “Vasari and the Sixteenth Century Grid” (pp. 1 & 2).
5. "DiMaio is an architect, educator and influential design strategist. Her research-based design approach has repositioned history as an active trans-historical component in the design process, expanding the repertoire of architectural strategies for students and professionals." Statement made by the Selection Committee for Fellow, The American Institute of Architects at the Induction Ceremony, Denver, Colorado, 2013
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Introductory images
16th Century: Jacopo Vignola, Palazzo del Municipio, 1572, Velletri, Lorenzo Taccioli
20th Century: Giuseppe Terragni, Casa del Fascio, 1936, Como, lombardiabeniculturali.it
Text images
Figure 1: Michelangelo, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Piazza del Campidoglio, begun 1563, Rome, Author
Figure 2: Giulio Romano, Palazzo Te, Garden Loggia, begun 1525, Mantua, Sergio Delle Vedove/Dreamstime
Figure 3: Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Palazzo Tarugi, ca 1530, Montepulciano, Marco Taliani/Adobe Stock Photo
Figure 4: Raphael, Villa Madama, Loggia, begun c. 1516, Rome, Stefano Mascioli
Figure 5a: Piet Mondrian, Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, 1921, Art Institute Chicago, Public domain
Figure 5b: Piet Mondrian, Composition with Blue and Yellow, 1935, Hirshhorn Museum, Public domain
Figure 7: Giulio Romano, The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (after Raphael), 1524, fresco, Vatican Museums—Raphael Rooms, Public domain
Figure 8: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), Scuola di Atene (School of Athens), 1511, fresco, Vatican Museums—Raphael Rooms, Public domain
Figure 9: Piero della Francesca, The Flagellation, ca 1455, oil and tempera on panel, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
Figure 10: Agnolo Bronzino, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, ca 1545, oil on wood, The National Gallery, London
Figure 11a: Vignola. Villa Farnese, garden facade, 1547–1559, Caprarola, Germano Coletta, myphotopages.it
Figure 11b: detail, author
Concluding images
16th Century: Giorgio Vasari, Vulcan's Forge, c. 1564, oil on copper, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
20th Century: Judith DiMaio and William Palmore, competition entry, 1989, courtesy of the author
Notes
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