Marcantonio IV Borghese
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Marcantonio III Borghese, 5th Prince of Sulmona
(1730–1800) was the head of the Borghese family of Rome
. Pro-Bonaparte in sympathies, he was the father of Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese
.
Prince Marcantonio began the recasting of his family's Rome villa
and its surrounding gardens's formal garden architecture into an English landscape garden, also set out about 1775, under the guidance of the architect Antonio Asprucci, to replace the now-outdated tapestry and leather hangings and renovate the Casina, restaging the Borghese sculptures and antiquities in a thematic new ordering that celebrated the Borghese position in Rome. The rehabilitation of the much-visited villa as a genuinely public museum in the late eighteenth century was the subject of an exhibition at the Getty Research Center, Los Angeles, in 2000, spurred by the Getty's acquisition of fifty-four drawings related to the project. At the same time, Marcantonio IV engaged the architect Antonio Asprucci to renovate the family villa
, which had always been a semi-public museum since the 17th century. Integrating the sculptures of the Borghese collection and existing vast Baroque
ceiling decors, they created a spectacular monument to the Borghese family (Paul 2000).
Marcantonio also re-ordered the sculptures in the Borghese collection
around the Villa - for example, in 1785, he had Bernini's Apollo and Daphne
moved to the centre of its room.
Prince of Sulmona
The Prince of Sulmona is a noble title in Italy held by the House of Borghese. The title derives its name from Sulmona, a town in Abruzzo. Originally it was created in 1529, during Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor's reign as King of Naples for Philip de Lannoy, Prince of Sulmona...
(1730–1800) was the head of the Borghese family of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. Pro-Bonaparte in sympathies, he was the father of Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese
Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese
Don Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona and of Rossano, Duke and Prince of Guastalla was a member of the Borghese family, best known for being brother-in-law to Napoleon.- Biography :...
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Prince Marcantonio began the recasting of his family's Rome villa
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese may refer to:*The Villa Borghese Pinciana , the villa built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio , developing sketches by Scipione Borghese, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa, at the edge of Rome, and to house his art collection.**The Galleria...
and its surrounding gardens's formal garden architecture into an English landscape garden, also set out about 1775, under the guidance of the architect Antonio Asprucci, to replace the now-outdated tapestry and leather hangings and renovate the Casina, restaging the Borghese sculptures and antiquities in a thematic new ordering that celebrated the Borghese position in Rome. The rehabilitation of the much-visited villa as a genuinely public museum in the late eighteenth century was the subject of an exhibition at the Getty Research Center, Los Angeles, in 2000, spurred by the Getty's acquisition of fifty-four drawings related to the project. At the same time, Marcantonio IV engaged the architect Antonio Asprucci to renovate the family villa
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese may refer to:*The Villa Borghese Pinciana , the villa built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio , developing sketches by Scipione Borghese, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa, at the edge of Rome, and to house his art collection.**The Galleria...
, which had always been a semi-public museum since the 17th century. Integrating the sculptures of the Borghese collection and existing vast Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
ceiling decors, they created a spectacular monument to the Borghese family (Paul 2000).
Marcantonio also re-ordered the sculptures in the Borghese collection
Borghese collection
The Borghese Collection is a collection of Roman sculptures, old masters and modern art collected by the Roman Borghese family, especially Cardinal Scipione Borghese, from the 17th century on. It includes major collections of Caravaggio, Raphael, and Titian, and of ancient Roman art...
around the Villa - for example, in 1785, he had Bernini's Apollo and Daphne
Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)
Apollo and Daphne is a baroque life-sized marble sculpture by Italian Gian Lorenzo Bernini housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.It depicts the climax of the story of Daphne and Phoebus in Ovid's Metamorphoses...
moved to the centre of its room.