Giulio Romano’s House, 1546, Italy

Giulio Romano was Italian painter and architect in Rome during 16th century. He was a student of Raphael and  help define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism. Mannerism is a style of 16th-century Italian art preceding the Baroque, characterized by unusual effects of scale, lighting, and perspective, and the use of bright, often lurid colors. Giulio Romano’s house built in Mantua, Italy, in 1546. The house represents the Renaissance period, because of the use of brick. Having a rusticated stone work, the architrave, and the molding. It's not like the Palazzo Farnese in Rome because it has less details in the façade. But Giulio Romano put more of his focus on the high window area. Unlike the Palazzo Farnese the first floor is very dull and no depth to the detail. But because it was his home, it makes sense that the building only beautiful on the second floor. The historic building was destroyed in the capital 1661 to make way for Bernini's colonnade. Today the house is restored but only the west hall and the façade still stands.