paolo veronese gave full pictorial expression to the harmonic values that informed daniele barbaro's ancient villa. under the aegis of the ancient olympian deities of the seasons of the elements, he placed members of the barbaro family, actual portraits. the landscapes evoked those of ancient roman villa decoration, but at the same time, they reached into the surrounding territory of the veneto to the actual barbaro lands. veronese invented landscapes based on descriptions by ancient roman writers, yet he placed among his fictional ruins and temples a portrait of the villa itself. and the barbari and their servants took their place among the gods. the barbaro family itself-- the clan, its villa, its land-- its own small world becomes a microcosmic reflection of the macrocosm of the larger order. palladio's plan for the villa very clearly marks each room with a number. the numbers themselves fall into very particular relationships, that is, these are harmonic relationships, harmonic proportions. the numerical representation of musical harmony-- musical harmony seen metaphorically on th