Palazzo del Te, Fall of the Giants

The Palazzo del Te done by Guilio Romano has a different theme for each room. One of them is the Fall of Giants. Done in frescoe, every inch of the walls are covered with mystical giants that are being crushed as the building collapses on them. This was an old Roman story where these giants tried to destroy Mount Olympus and Jupiter punishes them. This might have been a message Romano wanted to convey about the oppression in Italy at the time. It was mostly like a tribute to Charles V and his power.