Pope Villa

Latrobe was very influential to design. His buildings are seen across early america and his influence is still seen today. His concepts and style are present in most of the government buildings in the U.S. His style can be seen at the U.S. Capital just by walking past any one of the many government buildings, it can be seen at Monticello, as well as in buildings like the Pope Villa in Lexington. His style has seems to have authority with the structured balance that is complimented by the softness that the domes, so often found in his pieces, provided. His work can be found on large scale across America.  

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The original dinning and drawing room of the Pope Villa are very interesting due to the curved wall. They both have a curved shape which is something you would never expect from looking at the outside of the structure. Palladian villas are rather robust structures and having a curved wall seems to oddly fit with the scale of the buildings.


The wood block wallpaper is beautiful. It fits nicely with in the room, the size of each printed space sits nicely with the next and while it hard to imagine, since most of the room is in disrepair, it suits the size of the room. The scale of the prints is not too large that it is overwhelming, but also not so small that it goes unnoticed. The fact that the prints were made by carving the design into wood and then repeatedly stamping the paper makes it all the more impressive and beautiful.