PERFORMANCE Momenti. Sound installation 20 June | 7.30 pm Spazio Te by Marea Management. Momenti, Marea's first self-produced art project, aims to create brief spaces of connection, emphasising the inner charge that each of us has as human beings, but which we often tend to forget. In a world that absorbs more and more [...]
20.06.2023
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26.03.2022 - 08.01.2023
20.03.2022 - 14.04.2022
Before the construction of the Te Palace, "Tejeto" island was home to the Gonzaga's stables. The latter have been incorporated into the Villa. The squared court is clearly inspired by old villas' shape and the nobles' countryside residencies. In fact, Giulio Roman had a constant source of inspiration throughout his works, which is the [...]
After leaving the ticket office, there is a room with a Titian's Portrait of Giulio Romano. Titian was communicating with Federico Gonzaga between 1522 and 1540, and from 1536 his relationship with the Mantuan court intensified. Giulio Romano, with whom he had become friendly, is portrayed in a three quarters profile holding up the ground [...]
The patron of the Palazzo is Federico II Gonzaga (1500-1540), son of Francesco II and Isabella d’Este. Federico ruled Mantua as marquis between 1519 and 1530; in the same year he was made a duke by emperor Charles V. Judged by Guicciardini not to be a great military leader, he soon gave up the [...]
The meeting between Giulio Romano and Federico II Gonzaga, and ensuing commission to build Palazzo Te is evocatively described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists. When Giulio came to Mantua in October 1524, the marquis provided him with a house, showered him with gifts and, after giving him one of his [...]