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Pirro Ligorio
Pirro Ligorio
Born
c. 1512
Naples, Italy
Died
30 October 1583 (aged about 70)
Ferrara, Italy
Nationality
Italian
Known for
Architecture, painting, garden design, antiques
Notable work
Villa d'Este, Casina Pio IV
Movement
High Renaissance
Pirro Ligorio (c. 1512 – October 30, 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian, and garden designer during the Renaissance period. He worked as the Vatican's Papal Architect under Popes Paul IV and Pius IV, designed the fountains at Villa d’Este at Tivoli for Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, and served as the Ducal Antiquary in Ferrara. Ligorio emphasized and showed a deep passion for classical Roman antiquity.
PirroLigorio (c. 1512 – October 30, 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian, and garden designer during the Renaissance period. He worked...
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garden was created during the 16th century. The design is attributed to PirroLigorio, and the sculptures to Simone Moschino. Situated in a wooded valley...
Innocent VIII with the Sistine Chapel. When Bramante died, architect PirroLigorio finished the project and added the wall and niche to close the courtyard...
buildings exist. They were more easily traceable in the 16th century when PirroLigorio and Antonio Labacco made plans of the harbour. Considerable excavations...
into the seat of the Holy Office. Renovation works were undertaken by PirroLigorio and Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi. A complete renovation of the building...
Pia, now known as Casina Pio IV, in the Vatican Gardens designed by PirroLigorio. It is now the headquarters of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He...
Virgo maior regia Laurentium Lavinatium, CIL XIV, 2077, as read by PirroLigorio, now housed in the Palazzo Borghese at Pratica di Mare. Cecere above...
fountains at the intersections of the paths. It was finished in 1565 by PirroLigorio. The original garden was drastically modified by the later addition...
Other 16th-century writers on grottesche included Daniele Barbaro, PirroLigorio and Gian Paolo Lomazzo. In the meantime, through the medium of engravings...
took on the project, which had not yet been completed, and, turning to PirroLigorio, improved it. The complex, as it was completed in 1562, comprised an...
It was finished by PirroLigorio for Pius IV in 1562–65. To the great open-headed exedra at the end of the uppermost terrace, Ligorio added a third story...
Arachne. L'altro Teatro della Villa Adriana, conosciuto fin dal tempo di PirroLigorio, e Francesco Contini, meglio scoperto, e quindi rilevato colle sue parti...
Nahuatl-language text of folio 60v. On November 7, in Ferrara, Italy, architect PirroLigorio described "the comet shimmering from a burning fire inside the dazzling...
and building work. Although the renowned antiquarian and architect PirroLigorio was also consulted, it seems likely that the success of the water features...
notable artists of the Forum include Canaletto, Maerten van Heemskerck, PirroLigorio, Giovanni Paolo Panini, and Hubert Robert. Other fora existed in other...
the city's topography until the 18th century. He lost a debate with PirroLigorio on the site of the Roman Forum, but was later proved right in that matter...
adjoining steep hillside and the valley below. His chosen architect was PirroLigorio, who had been carrying out excavations for Ippolito at the nearby ruins...
very similar in character and their identities could overlap at times. PirroLigorio in the Codice Torinese reports the tradition about this god (Sancus)...
disaster, appointing as their leader the renowned Neapolitan architect PirroLigorio (a successor of Michelangelo as head of the San Pietro in Vaticano workshop)...
this chapel until 1511, when they were moved to Naples. Designed by PirroLigorio in 1559, the tomb of Gian Pietro Carafa, who became Pope Paul IV in...
Donato Bramante, Raphael, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Michelangelo, PirroLigorio, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Giacomo della Porta, and Carlo Maderno...
sarcophagus, bearing a traditio legis 23 May 1555 – 18 August 1559 Paul IV PirroLigorio (design) Giacomo da Castignola, Tommaso della Porta, Gian Pietro Annon...
she died, he created the gardens. The design has been attributed to PirroLigorio, a well known architect and antiquarian of the time. The park of Bomarzo...
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