About the Renaissance Art and Architecture Walk in Rome
The Renaissance in Rome was a period characterized by creativity, prestige and change.
This walk explores the area that was the focal point of this vitality – the east bank of the Tiber river, near the Campo di Fiori. This district was the home base for many of Rome's noble families – the clans who commissioned the impressive specimens of architecture and art that stand as examples to the groundbreaking innovation and unheralded wealth and power ushered in by the Renaissance. Designed and led by scholars in the Context network, this walk introduces you to the unique quality of the city - that of past and present, luxury and simplicity, stately silence and bustling chaos living side by side in a millennium-old harmony.
We begin in Piazza Farnese, site of the mammoth Palazzo Farnese, the historical home base of the Farnese family, the wealthy clan that counted Pope Paul III as one of the family. Featuring work by Michelangelo, Annibale Carracci and Domenichino, Palazzo Farnese is a sup
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The Renaissance in Rome was a period characterized by creativity, prestige and change.
This walk explores the area that was the focal point of this vitality – the east bank of the Tiber river, near the Campo di Fiori. This district was the home base for many of Rome's noble families – the clans who commissioned the impressive specimens of architecture and art that stand as examples to the groundbreaking innovation and unheralded wealth and power ushered in by the Renaissance. Designed and led by scholars in the Context network, this walk introduces you to the unique quality of the city - that of past and present, luxury and simplicity, stately silence and bustling chaos living side by side in a millennium-old harmony.
We begin in Piazza Farnese, site of the mammoth Palazzo Farnese, the historical home base of the Farnese family, the wealthy clan that counted Pope Paul III as one of the family. Featuring work by Michelangelo, Annibale Carracci and Domenichino, Palazzo Farnese is a supreme example of the noble Renaissance palace and is recognized as one of the most majestic and graceful structures in the city. In the immediate vicinity, we will discuss other palazzi, among which Palazzo Spada and Palazzo Cancelleria, and explore the link between political and economic power and Renaissance city planning.
Around the corner, along the elegant Via Giulia we'll see the churches and homes of Rome's elite, then turn down an alleyway to watch artisans at work in centuries-old workshops. Crossing the Tiber, we'll then venture into the Trastevere neighborhood. This area was particularly celebrated in the Renaissance for the sumptuous villas lining the Tiber river bank. The finest example of which is the home of Agostino Chigi, now called the Villa Farnesina, which contains Raphael's only profane fresco in Rome, “The Triumph of Galatea.”
