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About
Villa Medici, a famous building since the Renaissance located on the heights of Rome, is well known for its countless pictorial and photographic representations, particularly since the French Academy in Rome moved there in 1803 to accommodate creative artists and researchers.
The aim of this participative album is to enrich the memory of this place by collecting images that bear witness to what life was like for its inhabitants, residents, guests and teams, passengers for a night or a lifetime.
With this album, let's enter the Villa and take a look behind the scenes from the point of view of those who have been involved over the last two centuries!
These include the residents - artists, architects, composers, writers, photographers, art historians, etc. -, the directors and administrators, those who have accompanied them during their stay (spouses, children, friends), as well as all the teams who have been at the service of its occupants: gardeners, architects, cooks, guides, trainees, and so on.
Let's also discover the place of those who are sometimes less visible in the great story of creation - animals, birds and earthworms, pines and orange trees or even statues, stones and ghosts! They have all played a part in shaping this exceptional community.
Perhaps your story will seem trivial, banal, lacking in artistic ambition or of limited interest? On the contrary, do not hesitate! Every contribution has value and meaning.
Villa Medici sincerely thanks all those who submit their images to share with the general public of today and tomorrow.
Villa Medici has uploaded photographs held in its photo library to this site. If the rightful owners, whom we have not been able to identify or contact, do not wish to see them published, we invite them to contact us at the following address: album@villamedici.it.
The Album was produced in collaboration with the Établissement public des musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie.
Any questions ? Read our FAQ
With this album, let's enter the Villa and take a look behind the scenes from the point of view of those who have been involved over the last two centuries!
These include the residents - artists, architects, composers, writers, photographers, art historians, etc. -, the directors and administrators, those who have accompanied them during their stay (spouses, children, friends), as well as all the teams who have been at the service of its occupants: gardeners, architects, cooks, guides, trainees, and so on.
Let's also discover the place of those who are sometimes less visible in the great story of creation - animals, birds and earthworms, pines and orange trees or even statues, stones and ghosts! They have all played a part in shaping this exceptional community.
Perhaps your story will seem trivial, banal, lacking in artistic ambition or of limited interest? On the contrary, do not hesitate! Every contribution has value and meaning.
Villa Medici sincerely thanks all those who submit their images to share with the general public of today and tomorrow.
Villa Medici has uploaded photographs held in its photo library to this site. If the rightful owners, whom we have not been able to identify or contact, do not wish to see them published, we invite them to contact us at the following address: album@villamedici.it.
The Album was produced in collaboration with the Établissement public des musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie.
Any questions ? Read our FAQ