Major architectural works Vignola's main works include: , Rome, also named Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the "Argentina" • Project for the facade of the
Basilica of San Petronio (),
Bologna. •
Villa Giulia for
Pope Julius III, in Rome (1550–1553). Here Vignola was working with
Ammanati, who designed the
nymphaeum and other garden features under the general direction of
Vasari, with guidance from the knowledgeable pope and
Michelangelo. A medal of 1553 shows Vignola's main villa substantially as it was completed, save for a pair of cupolas. •
Villa Farnese at Caprarola (1559–1573); •
Villa Lante at Bagnaia (1566 onwards), including the gardens and their water features and
casini; •
Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, the mother church of the
Jesuit order, which would become a source for
Baroque church facades in the 17th century; •
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli,
Assisi (with
Galeazzo Alessi); •
Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, Rome, the first church to have an
oval dome, which became a signature of the
Baroque. •
Palazzo dei Banchi, Bologna •
Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza. This was a grandiose project of a vast palace on a scale paralleled only by the
Vatican Palace in Italy; the rectangular plan is circa 111 metres by 88 metres. The actual construction, however, made up only less than half of Vignola's original project and lacked many of the planned architectural features; missing elements include part of the exterior surrounding walls, the main façade, modelled on the ancient triumphal arch and with a large tower, and a theatre in the large inner courtyard. •
St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, assumed the role of chief architect after the death of
Michelangelo Buonarroti. •
Palazzo Contrari Boncompagni,
Vignola. •
Church of Santa Maria dell'Orto (1576–1578),
Rome; only the facade is by Vignola. •
Orti Farnesiani to
Palatine,
Rome. • Project of the
Church of Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri in
Vatican City (), with the plan and oval dome inserted in a rectangle, made by Giacinto Barozzi. The scheme will be taken up by many architects
baroque.
Other architectural works of the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum is traditionally attributed to Vignola but completed after his death. Ten arches on the long sides and seven on the short are sustained by pilasters with Tuscan-style ornamentation that rise from high plinths. A simple frieze with smooth
triglyphs and
metopes separates the lower from the upper levels. •
Bassano Romano:
Villa Giustiniani Odescalchi. •
Bomarzo: Temple in the
Park of the Monsters. •
Caprarola: • Church of San Marco. • Hospital of San Giovanni. •
Capranica: Church of the Madonna del Piano. •
Collevecchio: Palazzo Pistolini. •
Fara Sabina: Tabernacle of Sant'Antonio Martire. •
Farfa: Works at
Abbey consisting of a fountain and a mill. •
Grotte di Castro: Town hall (project of 1568), later altered. •
Gallese: Palazzo Ducale •
Isola Bisentina: Church of Saints Giacomo and Cristoforo (1562), built by the pupil
Antonio Garzoni from Viggiù. •
Isola Farnese: Castle. •
Latera: Palazzo Farnese (1550). •
Monte Porzio Catone:
Villa mondragone •
Nepi: • Aqueduct of Nepi. • Works at the Monastery of San Domenico; difficult to identify interventions, including hydraulic works. •
Oriolo Romano: •
Piazza Umberto I and the Fountain of the Spades •
Palazzo Altieri. •
Poli: Villa Catena, the parts attributable to Vignola are not certain. •
Rieti: • Palazzo del Seminario, obtained from the transformation of pre-existing buildings. • Church of Sant'Antonio Abate. •
Rome: •
Church of Santa Caterina dei Funari, Ricci or Ruiz Chapel. •
Church of Santa Maria Scala Coeli with
Giacomo della Porta •
Church of Santa Maria in Transpontina. • Works in San Lorenzo in Damaso and portal of the Chancellery. •
Palazzo Borghese. •
Palazzo Farnese (Rome). • Palazzo Firenze (courtyard). • Palazzo del Vignola to
Piazza Navona. • Palazzetto Spada. • The main courtyard of the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, formerly the convent of the
Church of Santi Domenico e Sisto. •
Porta del Popolo. •
Soriano nel Cimino: Palazzo Albani. •
Sant'Oreste sul Soratte: • Church of San Lorenzo; the construction was not followed by Vignola and only partially reflects the original project. • Palazzo Caccia Canali. •
Vallerano: Church of the Madonna del Ruscello •
Vejano: Funerary shrine of Santacroce family; chapel located in the centre of the medieval village, of uncertain attribution. •
Velletri:
City Hall; with
Giacomo della Porta. •
Vetralla: • Porta Romana; of uncertain attribution. • Franciosoni Palace; of ancient attribution and Vignolesque school. •
Vignanello:
Castello Ruspoli; of uncertain attribution. •
Viterbo: • Porta Faulle • Fountain of Piazza della Rocca; commissioned by the Farnese. • Palazzo Bocchi (1545),
Bologna. • Palazzo Boncompagni,
Bologna. • Staircase in the Palazzo Isolani,
Bologna. • Palazzo Bufalini (1562),
Città di Castello. • Palazzo Nobili-Tarugi,
Montepulciano. • La Castellina (1554),
Norcia. •
Palazzo del Giardino,
Parma. • Rocca di San Giorgio,
San Giorgio Piacentino. •
Temple of Santa Maria della Consolazione,
Todi.
Unbuilt works Like many other architects, Vignola submitted his plans for completing the facade of
San Petronio, Bologna. Designs by Vignola, in company with
Baldassare Peruzzi,
Giulio Romano,
Andrea Palladio and others furnished material for an exhibition in 2001
Written works His two published books helped formulate the
canon of classical architectural style. The earliest, ''
Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura'' ["Canon of the five orders of architecture"] (first published in 1562, probably in Rome), presented Vignola's practical system for constructing columns in the five classical orders (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite) utilising proportions which Vignola derived from his own measurements of classical Roman monuments. The clarity and ease of use of Vignola's treatise caused it to become in succeeding centuries the most published book in architectural history. Vignola's second treatise,
Due regole della prospettiva pratica ["Two rules of practical perspective"], published posthumously with extensive commentary by the mathematician
Ignazio Danti (Bologna 1583), favours one-point perspective rather than two-point methods such as the bifocal construction. Vignola presented— without theoretical obscurities— practical applications which could be understood by a prospective patron. ==Notes==