I n search of a setting for learning in R oman antiquity

It has usually been supposed that drawings by G iuliano da S angallo and F rancesco di G iorgio of an ancient structure at C asinum (modern C assino) were then thought to show elements of V arro's villa. I n this article it is argued that during the Renaissance the structure in question was more specifically identified as V arro's study or museum; and it was for this reason that it was used as a source for the O deo C ornaro at P adua, a building that was intended to have a similar function to an ancient museum. The article also includes a discussion of the origins and use of the term museum in I taly during the sixteenth century

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