photography series
Villa Lante al Gianicolo (2014–2019)
My photographic work at Villa Lante al Gianicolo captures architecture, atmosphere, and lived experience. The villa’s Renaissance façades and terraces serve as recurring motifs, their proportions and details shifting with light and season. Close-up studies of stone carvings, frescos, and spatial junctions reveal a fabric shaped both by Giulio Romano’s craftsmanship and centuries of inhabitation.
Light itself becomes a subject: morning haze over the Janiculum hill, sharp summer contrasts in the loggias, or muted winter afternoons inside the studiolo. The gardens, though fragmented from their original expanse, remain central – a stage for changing foliage, shadows, and the rhythm of daily passage.
Equally important are the traces of contemporary life. My photographs of Villa Lante observe it not only as a historic monument, but also as a functioning research institute. Doors ajar, books scattered on tables, or quiet moments between seminars are captured as part of the villa’s present identity.
Together, these images aim less to catalogue than to evoke: they portray Villa Lante as a layered and living entity, where history and scholarship are inseparable from light, material, and everyday use.