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ALTERNATIVE VIEWS : from Tivoli to Stowe
 
 

The circular temple of Vesta (Ist century BC) at Tivoli (a village in the mountains North of Rome) was a great inspiration for artists and architects.

The place was a favourite subject for painters. Drawings of it were published by Renaissance architects such as Palladio (the architect of influential buildings in the Venetian region and the author of a widespread treatise on architecture).

It inspired numerous garden temples in Britain.

Ruins or restoration ?

The temple at Tivoli is now partly in ruins.

Renaissance architects attempted to imagine what it would have looked like in Antiquity: an influential reconstruction is that of Palladio.

Roll over the ruin to see it restored to its perfect state by Palladio

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These various perceptions of the temple at Tivoli raise questions as to the

 
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