For the Renaissance men, the Studiolo was this outstanding room that served for study and contemplation, the most invested space in any palazzo, and one which came to signify its patron as a ‘Renaissance Man.’ Typically the Studiolo had its wall surfaces entirely covered with meticulously inlaid wood inlays, called intarsia, depicting books, musical instruments, armor, scientific instruments and anything that related to the patron.
The New Studiolo by Ashley Hicks
For the Renaissance men, the Studiolo was this outstanding room that served for study and contemplation, the most invested space in any palazzo, and one which came to signify its patron as a ‘Renaissance Man.’ Typically the Studiolo had its wall surfaces entirely covered with meticulously inlaid wood inlays, called intarsia, depicting books, musical instruments, armor, scientific instruments and anything that related to the patron.