1577 maybe
by pupils of Giacomo Della Porta (1533/1602) for the Vaini family originally
from Imola
Renovated
1643/47 by Francesco Borromini (1599/1667)
initially for count Ambrogio Carpegna, who had bought the building from the
Vaini family, and later for Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna
The most
beautiful element left of Borromini's work is the splendid PORTAL
“Of the
designs of Borromini for the building very little was done, but there is a
series of bold projects that anticipate the development of the
eighteenth-century Italian palazzo” (Rudolf Wittkower)
Marquis
Emilio Orsini de' Cavalieri Sannesi bought it and entrusted the completion and
the structural adjustment in the years 1732/36 to Francesco
Ferrari (active in Rome 1721/44)
Subsequently
it passed into the property of the families Patrizi Naro and Colligola
Monthioni
From
mid-1800 until 1882 it housed the family of Luigi Pianciani, first mayor of
Rome after the unification of Italy
1933/34
radical restructuring of the building under the direction of Gustavo Giovannoni (1873/1947) and Arnaldo Foschini (1884/1968) to adapt it as the
headquarters of the Accademia di S. Luca (Academy of St. Luke)
When the
headquarters were opened in 1934, the GROUND
FLOOR was to house exhibitions of art and architecture with spaces
reserved for keeping collections and funds of academic drawings and books. Also
the upper floors were restored and connected with the new internal staircase
On the FIRST FLOOR there are the offices of
the presidency and secretariat, conference room and the boardroom
In the SECOND FLOOR there are the Sarti
Library, the Historical Archives and the administrative offices
The THIRD FLOOR houses the Gallery and
the vault with the paintings not on display
The ACCADEMIA
DI S. LUCA was an association of artists of Rome, established in 1577 but
officially founded in 1593 by Federico Zuccari
(about 1542/1609), who was also the first director (prince), with the desire to
consider artists as much more than simple artisans
During the
first years of activity the Academy ended up in the orbit of papal patronage,
which dominated and controlled the institution
The Academy
was named during the early seventeenth century after the Evangelist S. Luke
because of his appointment as the patron of all painters. According to the
legend, Luke was the author of the first portrait of the Madonna
In 1620
Urban VIII Barberini (1623/44) granted the right to the Academy to determine
who could be considered an “artist” in Rome
The Academy
was intended by many modern critics to give high education to the artists but
at the same time to exercise direct control of the Church on them
The Principi
dell'Accademia di S. Luca (Princes of the Academy of St. Luke) were eminent
artistic personalities elected by the faculty. Among those who played this role
there were people like Gian Lorenzo Bernini or Domenichino
Many
important artists stayed outside and were never allowed in the circuit of the
academy. For this reason alternative school of artists were established in
Rome, objecting the way this official institution understood art. One of the
most famous was the School of Bamboccianti
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