Differences between Private and public art: Medici Edition

Art History 259
Quinn Hosler
Prof. Sara Galletti
Medici Villas
Giusto Utens, Villa Medicea di Castello, c. 1599
Giusto Utens, Villa Medicea di a Poggio a Caiano, c. 1599
Paintings of Power in Villa of
Poggio a Caiano
Andrea del Sarto and Alessandro Allori, Tribute to Ceasar.
Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano (Florence). c. 1520
Franciabigio, The Triumph of Cicero. Villa Medicea,
Poggio a Caiano (Florence). c. 1520
Vertumnus and Pomona
Pontormo, Vertamnus
and Pomona. Villa
Medicea, Poggio a
Caiano (Florence).
c. 1519-21
Fountains of Villa di Castello
Fountain of Hercules and Antaeus, designed by
Niccolò Tribolo from c. 1543; bronze figures by
Bartolomeo Ammannati, 1559-60, Villa Medici, Castello.
Fountains of Villa di Castello
Fountain of the Labyrinth, designed by
Niccolò Tribolo,c. 1545; bronze figure
of Florence by Giambologna, 1572,
Villa Petraia (formerly Castello)
Fountains of Villa di Castello
Castello: Medici Villa Int:
Villa Castello The Grotto,
animal fountain, c. 1540
Botticelli and the Medici
Botticelli, Primavera; Allegory of Spring, c. 1478
Botticelli and the Medici
Botticelli, Birth of Venus, c. 1482
Botticelli and the Medici
Botticelli, Venus and Mars, c. 1483
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Botticelli, Sandro. "Birth of Venus." Villa di Castello, 1482.
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Prestel, 2011. Clark, David L. "Botticelli's Venus and Mars and Other Apotropaic Art for
Tuscan
Bedrooms." Aurora: The Journal of the History of Art 7 (2006): 1-18.
"Castello: Medici Villa Int: Villa Castello the Grotto, Animal Fountain." 1540.
Fulton, Christopher B. An Earthly Paradise : The Medici, Their Collection and the
Foundations of Modern Art. Arte E Archeologia ; 28. [Florence, Italy]: L.S. Olschki, 2006.
Gobbi, Grazia. The Florentine Villa : Architecture, History, Society. The Classical
Tradition in Architecture. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge, 2007.
Tribolo, Niccolo, 1500-1550. "Fountain of Hercules (Hercules & Antaeus - Top by
Ammanati)." Villa di Castello, near Florence, 1552.
Tibolo, Nicolo, 1500-1550. "Fountian of Hercules." Villa di Castello, near Florence,
1552.
Works Cited
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and Continuance of Family and Cultural Honor." M.A.,
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Works Cited
Botticelli, Sandro. "Primavera." Galleria degli Uffizi, 1478.
Fraciabigio, with additions by Alessandro Allori. "Return of Cicero to Rome." Villa medicea
(Poggio a Caiano, Italy), 1520 (with additions by Allori in 1578-82).
Botticelli, Sandro. "Venus and Mars." Villa di Castello, 1483.
Pontormo, Jacopo. "Vertumnus and Pomona." Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano,
1519-21.
Pontormo, Jacopo. "Vertumnus and Ponoma (Detail)." Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano,
1519-21.
Utens, Giusto. "Villa Di Castello.” 1599.
Pontormo, Jacopo. "Villa Di Poggio." 1599.
Andrea del Sarto, with additions by Alessandro Allori. "Villa Medicea (Poggio a Caiano,
Italy)." 1520 (with additions by Allori in 1578-82).