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He was a painter of frescoes in the Cappella San Giovanni in the Duomo of Siena. DESIGN AND DECORATION OF VILLA FARNESINA Almost all art critics ascribe also to him the design of the originally Villa Chigi, now many artists were employed, and just as the style of the villa in no wise recalls the old castellated type of country-house, so the paintings in harmony with the pleasure-loving spirits of the time were thoroughly antique and uninspired by Christian ideas. Raphael designed the composition of the story of Amor And Psyche as a continuation of the Galatea . On a plate-glass vault Peruzzi painted the Firmament , with the Zodiacal signs, the Planet s, and other heavenly bodies. The interior room has a striking use of illusionistic perspective {Link without Title} OTHER WORK The close proximity of Raphael's work has overshadowed Peruzzi's work in the ceiling decoration of the Stanza d'Eliodoro in the Vatican . While Raphael may have designed the general plan for the decoration of the hall, it is certain that the tapestry-like Fresco es on the ceiling are to be ascribed to Peruzzi. Four scenes represent God's saving omnipotence as shown in the case of Noah , Abraham , Jacob , and Moses . The manifestation of the Lord in the burning bush and the figure of Jehovah commanding Noah to enter the ark were formerly considered works of Raphael. Peruzzi had produced for the church of S. Croce in Jerusalem a mosaic ceiling, the beautiful keystone of which represented the Saviour. Other paintings ascribed to him are to be found in S. Onofrio and S. Pietro in Montorio. That Peruzzi improved as time went on is evident in his later works, e.g., the "Madonna with Saints" in S. Maria Della Pace at Rome, and the fresco of ''Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl'' in Fontegiusta at Siena. As our master interested himself in the decorative art also, he exercised a strong influence in this direction, not only by his own decorative paintings but also by furnishing designs for craftsmen of various kinds. An architectural masterpiece mostly by Peruzzi is the curving facade of the assemblage of the Palazzo Massimo Alle Colonne (1535), on a now busy Roman street. Upon his death, Peruzzi was interred in the Pantheon . EXTERNAL LINK |