Villa Adriana, Accademia : Hadrian's secret garden : history of the excavations, ancient sources and antiquarian studies from the XVth to the XVIIth centuries

Tables of Contents: Anna Maria Reggiani, Introduction. Bernard Frischer, Introduction. Urbano Barberini, Presentation. Author's Note. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. The Renaissance and Roman antiquity: 1. Humanism, Renaissance and Hadrian's Villa. Chapter 2. Hadrian's Villa in the XVth century: rediscovery after oblivion: 1. The descriptions of the Historia Augusta and of Sextus Aurelius Victor, abandonment and the rediscovery: 1. 1. Biondo Flavio and Pope Pius II. 2. The first excavations at Hadrian's Villa: 2. 1. The excavation of the Odeon; 2. 2. The excavation of the Telamons or'Cioci di Tivoli'. 3. The first drawings of Fra'Giocondo. 4. Conclusions. Chapter 3. Francesco di Giorgio Martini. The oldest drawings of the Accademia: 1. Biographical notes; 2. Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Hadrian's Villa; 3. The Accademia in the drawings of Francesco di Giorgio Martini: 3. 1. The plan of the Accademia; 3. 2. The elevation of the Temple of Apollo. 4. Conclusions. Chapter 4. Hadrian's Villa in the XVIth century. Large-scale excavations and early studies: 1. The first large-scale excavations: 1. 1. Excavations in the Accademia: 1. 1. 1. Excavations of Bindo Altoviti (XVIth century); 1. 2. Excavations in other parts of the Villa: 1. 2. 1. Excavations of Pirro Ligorio for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este (1550-1568); 1. 2. 2. Excavations of Giovan Battista Cappuccini and Biscanti (mid-XVIth century); 1. 2. 3. Excavations'of Marcantonio Palosi'(XVIth century); 1. 2. 4. Excavations'of Cardinal Marcello Cervini'(1535?, 1550?); 1. 2. 5. Excavations'of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese'(1535-1538?); 1. 2. 6. Excavations'of Cardinal Carlo Carafa'(1540?). 2. Plans and drawings of the Accademia and other buildings (XVIth century): 2. 1. Andrea Palladio (1554 c.); 2. 2. Pirro Ligorio (1550 c.); 2. 3. Draftsman of the Destailleur Codex (mid-XVIth century); 2. 4. Giovannantonio Dosio (1563 c.); 2. 5. Anonymous Portuguese (or Francisco Castillo?) (1568-1580); 2. 6. Giovan Battista Cavalieri (1585); 2. 7. Drawings in the Albertina Library at Vienna (XVIth century). 3. Historical studies of the XVIth century: 3. 1. Pirro Ligorio (1550-1579); 3. 2. Giovanni Maria Zappi (1580); 3. 3. Marco Antonio Nicodemi (mid-XVIth century); 3. 4. Giovanni Maria de'Bardi, of the Counts of Vernio (end-XVIth century). 4. Other artists and Hadrian's Villa. 5. Appendix: original Italian texts. Chapter 5. Bindo Altoviti, one of the first owners of the Accademia: 1. Biographical notes; 2. The Altoviti and Hadrian's Villa; 2. 1. The Altoviti properties in Hadrian's Villa; 2. 2. The discoveries of the Altoviti in Hadrian's Villa. 3. Conclusions. Chapter 6. Andrea Palladio. Looking for perfect proportions: 1. Biographical notes; 2. Andrea Palladio and Hadrian's Villa; 3. The Accademia in the plan by Palladio; 4. Conclusions. Chapter 7. Pirro Ligorio, great antiquarian and first scholar: 1. Biographical notes; 2. Pirro Ligorio, Tivoli and the Villa d'Este; 3. Pirro Ligorio and Hadrian's Villa: 3. 1. The Codices of Ligorio; 3. 2. The descriptions of Hadrian's Villa in the Codices of Ligorio; 3. 3. The drawings for the general plan of Hadrian's Villa; 3. 4. What happened to the plans of Hadrian's Villa drawn by Ligorio? 4. The plan of the Accademia (1560); 5. The elevation of the Temple of Apollo [Ac78]; 6. The Accademia in the description of the Codice di Torino; 7. Conclusions: 7. 1. Summary on the Accademia. 8. Appendix: 1. Ligorio's original Italian text; 2. Text of Ligorio on his excavations in other buildings of Hadrian's Villa; 3. Text of Ligorio mentioning his plan of Hadrian's Villa; 4. Letters of Athanasius Kircher on Ligorio's documents in the Barberini archive; 5. Letter of Ambassador Ludovico d'Agliè to Cardinal Francesco Barberini about the drawings of Ligorio sold after his death. Chapter 8. Ippolito II d'Este, Cardinal of Ferrara. The magnificentia in Tivoli: 1. Biographical notes; 2. Ippolito II, Tivoli and Hadrian's Villa. Chapter 9. The Accademia in the XV