Pirro Ligorio

Japanese: リゴリオ（英語表記）Pirro Ligorio

Around 1513-83
Italian architect and ancient scholar of the late Renaissance. Born in Naples, he was active in Rome. He built the Villa d'Este, a villa for Ippolito d'Este, in Tivoli, on the eastern outskirts of Rome, and the Casino (pavilion) for Pope Pius IV in the gardens of the Vatican Palace. The former was a magnificent fountain terrace garden influenced by the ruins of Emperor Hadrian's Willa, which he himself excavated, while the latter was a small garden modeled after a pavilion from ancient Rome. Both were characterized by their erudite and pedantic decorativeness, rich in ancient iconography and allegory.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1513ころ‐83
ルネサンス末期のイタリアの建築家，古代研究家。ナポリに生まれ，ローマで活躍。ローマ東郊のティボリにイッポリト･デステの別荘ビラ･デステ(エステ荘)，バチカン宮殿の庭園にピウス4世のカジノ(園亭)を建設した。前者は彼自身が発掘したハドリアヌス帝のウィラ遺跡の影響を受けた雄大な噴水テラス庭園，後者は同じく古代ローマ時代の園亭を範とした小園であり，いずれも古代の図像と寓意に富む博識かつ衒学（げんがく）的な装飾性を特徴とする。

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