PALAZZO DORIA PAMFILI, PALAZZO BARBERINI, VILLA ALDOBRANDINl. loi 
The Palazzo Bar- 
berini in the Strada 
Felice was begun by 
Carlo Maderna, author 
lOO. — PLAN OF THE PALAZZO BARBERINI, STRADA FELICE, ROME. ^ extended nave of 
bt. Peter s and its feeble 
west front, but Bernini had so much to do with its construction and with the alterations 
and additions made to this palace that he can be considered as mainly responsible for the 
design. Cardinal Francesco Barberini, nephew of Urban VIII, built the palace on the site 
of the casino and gar- 
dens of the Dukes of 
Sforza. It was finished 
in 1630. The special 
point of the plan is the 
portico loggia under the 
main building, which 
draws inwards to a 
central vista extending 
up a great flight of steps 
leading to the gardens. 
At the end of the vista 
is a fountain ornamented 
by a colossal statue of 
Apollo. The main 
fayade is a Barocco ver- 
sion, as it were, of the 
idea of the Coliseum, a 
series of repeated tiers 
of arcades, a scheme 
which is not particularly 
appropriate to a palace. 
The attempt here made 
to obtain the desired 
depth by recessing the 
jambs in splays shows 
too much reliance on 
the methods of pic- 
torial perspective. The 
actual building result is 
one suggestive of weak- 
ness, and of a greater no. — villa aldobrandini, via nazionale, Rome. 
artist in each generation 
to a fortune, which also 
ebbs and may leave him 
stranded on a shoal of 
future neglect. Not 
even Sir Joshua himself 
can now persuade us 
to enthuse over the 
Caracci, Domenichino 
and many another of the 
objects of his eulogy. 
A. T. B. 
