Beyond Renaissance in Florence - Il Villino Uzielli, Art Nouveau and Neoclassic

Not only Renaissance, other times, other architectures --- The VILLINO UZIELLI. 
The original construction was built in 1870 on commission of Guido Uzielli, a wealthy banker. The building was part of the urban structure of the area according to Giuseppe Poggi's plan of 1865 Firenze Capitale, when the residences of the upper middle class and the state bureaucracy concentrated here. In 1903 - 1906, the villa was completely redesigned and enlarged by the architects Marco Paolo Emilio Andrè and Riccardo Mazzanti. The analysis of the imposing façade is very instructive for those interested in the History of Architecture, as it is a successful mix of two styles: Art Nouveau and Neo-classic. The Art Nouveau parts, easy to spot, are: the parapets of the balconies with iron railings in the shape of a lyre, the obelisks that link the balconies, the frames and floral decorations with foliage and garlands, the supports of the balconies on the first floor in the shape of a stylized owl, the dragons of terracotta inside the lunettes of the doors of the two lateral bodies, the large central balcony doors of the first (with lowered arch) and second floor (with round arch), much larger than the side windows, the polychromy of the inserts painted with floral elements on the first and top floors, unfortunately in a bad state of conservation and partly vanished. The very projecting roof on all sides and the crowding decorations are particular, and only partly attributable to the Art Nouveau. The neoclassical contributions are also evident: the pilasters ending with Corinthian capitals, the tympanums of the side windows alternating in rectilinear, curvilinear and triangular form (a pattern then spreading in Florence), the stone frames in “pietra serena” in the internal corridors, the linear and geometric subdivision of the whole structure. Florence, Piazza Massimo D'Azeglio 39.