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Pirro Ligorio (c. 1513/1514 – 30 October 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian and garden designer.
Ligorio was born in Naples around 1512–1513. In 1534 he moved to Rome, where he developed his interest in antiquities, and was named papal architect by Pope Pope Paul IV, a position he continued under Pius IV. In 1549 he began excavations in the Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli and designed his masterwork, the water works at Villa d'Este, for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este. He also played a role in designing the fountains at Villa Lante in Bagnaia, working alongside Vignola. His Manieristic taste is present also in the Casina Pio IV (also known as Villa Pia) at the Vatican (1559–1562).
In 1568 he found a new position in the court of Alfonso II D'Este in Ferrara, where he was appointed Ducal Antiquary.
As a scholar of antiquities, one of his most famous published works is a map of ancient Rome (Antiquae Urbis Imago) from 1561. After the 1570 Ferrara earthquake he was appointed as the leader of a study group about seismological events, a team of physics, philosophers and many "experts in various accidents" called to the city in order to conduct research about earthquakes, the first scientific effort of this kind in history of seismology. In his research, Ligorio blamed for the extensive damages the inappropriate techniques and bad materials used in building the city's edifices.
b-side of Smash It Up 7" (Chiswick/Big Beat Records 1979)
(Vanian/Scabies/Sensible/Ward)
Here we go now!
I'm a villan I'm a rogue
I'll nick your wallet or garden gnome
I'm a burglar I'm a cad
An open window I'm in your home
I'll have your tools or kiddies toys
And I'm not safe - a joy of joys
I'll be the gasman or a toad
I'll have your telly or garden hose
While I'm scoping in the dark
I'll strap your dog so he won't bark
I won't disturb your only dreams
But if you wake up there's no screams
I'll nick anything removable
From the QE2 to the toilet paper in the houses of parliment
I'll even have the milk off your doorstep
Or the skin off a baby seals back
'cause I'm a real villan (played backwards)
I'll steal the paper or the milk
Or warn your neighbours or the bill
I'm a stealer I'm a crook
Read about me in Mich's book
Burglary is a life for me
Burglary is a life for me
People say that crime don't pay
I drink champagne every day
And the good lord said 'thou shall not steal'
There is only one path and that is the straight and narrow
It's a bit too bleeding straight and a bit too narrow for my liking
Ok gov It's a fair cop
Throw on the bracelets
Chink chink oh god I'm nicked
I sentence you to six months...