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The Hall of Olympus shows Giustiniana,
mistress of the house and wife of Venetian
ambassador Marcantonio Barbaro, with her
youngest son, wetnurse and family pets.

In the Crociera, the cross-shaped central
hall, servants peer round false doors, while
imaginary landscapes blur the boundary
between the house interior and the garden.

The Room of the Oil
Lamp symbolizes virtuous
behaviour; here Strength,
with the club, leans on
Truth, with the mirror.

The Bacchus Room, with
its winemaking scenes and
chimneypiece carved with
the figure of Abundance,
reflects the bucolic ideal of
the villa as a place of good
living and plenty.
The domed cross The façades face
Arcades resemble Palazzo-style Service plan was adapted by the four points of
triumphal arches. central hall wing Palladio from church the compass.
architecture.

Villa Pisani (1555), Montagnana (see p188) Villa Capra “La Rotonda” (1569), Vicenza (see p173)

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