Giulio Romano - Comments

From LoveToKnow 1911

Giulio did much much more than your simple factual list of works describes. He quit Rome under a cloud. Do you know why? if you knew why you would know that: Pal. The in Mantua is no ordinary home. it was built for the hugh heffner of the age, for a mistress to have parties,a nd to entertain charles the emperor. Even a cardinal wrote that the statue and paintings were disturbing. (meaning : erotic) More important: you do not mention he was one of the greatest masters of the mannerist style. this would take too long to explain to you as your article does not even mention it. the breaking of rules, the frozen moment...... so now you know: he was a revolutionary, a rebel, a really wild man yet got his clients to spend the equivalent of millions on his ideas.....