Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 277 views

    Andrea Palladio

    Uploaded by

    xstina
    Andrea Palladio was an influential Italian architect born in 1508. He is known for designing many country villas for wealthy Venetians in a classical style inspired by Roman architecture. Some of his most famous projects include Villa Malcontenta from 1549-1563 and the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza completed in 1584. Palladio also published a seminal book on architecture in 1570 that outlined his principles and provided practical advice for builders.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Andrea Palladio

    Uploaded by

    xstina
    277 views10 pages
    Andrea Palladio was an influential Italian architect born in 1508. He is known for designing many country villas for wealthy Venetians in a classical style inspired by Roman architecture. Some of his most famous projects include Villa Malcontenta from 1549-1563 and the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza completed in 1584. Palladio also published a seminal book on architecture in 1570 that outlined his principles and provided practical advice for builders.

    Original Description:

    Andrea Palladio Works

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Andrea Palladio was an influential Italian architect born in 1508. He is known for designing many country villas for wealthy Venetians in a classical style inspired by Roman architecture. Some of his most famous projects include Villa Malcontenta from 1549-1563 and the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza completed in 1584. Palladio also published a seminal book on architecture in 1570 that outlined his principles and provided practical advice for builders.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    277 views10 pages

    Andrea Palladio

    Uploaded by

    xstina
    Andrea Palladio was an influential Italian architect born in 1508. He is known for designing many country villas for wealthy Venetians in a classical style inspired by Roman architecture. Some of his most famous projects include Villa Malcontenta from 1549-1563 and the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza completed in 1584. Palladio also published a seminal book on architecture in 1570 that outlined his principles and provided practical advice for builders.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 10

    Andrea Palladio

    1508-1580
    Predecessors, contemporaries
    • Dante Alighieri (1265 –1321), The Divine Comedy
    • Christopher Columbus (1451 –1506)
    • Brunelleschi (1337 – 1446)
    First architect to employ mathematical perspective to redefine
    Gothic and Romanesque space;
    Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (1417 - 1434)
    • Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)
    • Michelangelo (1475 – 1564)
    • Gallileo Gallilei (1564 – 1642)
    • Andrea Pallado (1508 – 1580)
    Palladio’s life, projects

    • Born in Padova in 1508


    • At age 15 went to Vicenza to became an assistant in a
    workshop of stonecutters and masons
    • Later introduced to the writings of Vitruvius,
    classical Roman architect
    Palladio’s life, projects

    • In 1548 he began receiving commissions for country


    villas from prominent Venetians (Barbaro, Cornaro)
    • Villa Malcontenta (1549 - 1563)
    Palladio’s life, projects
    • In 1560 he received first
    commission for work in
    Venice: completion of the
    Benedictine monastery
    San Giorgio Maggiore
    Palladio’s life, projects

    • Teatro Olimpico in Vicenca, 1584


    • Four Books of Architecture, published in Venice in 1570
    • Overview of his architectural principles as well as
    practical advice for builders
    The Palladian grammar
    • Eight steps for generating uni-axial villa plans
    1. Grid definition
    2. Exterior wall definition
    3. Room layout
    4. Interior wall realignment
    5. Principal entrances (porticos, wall inflections)
    6. Exterior ornamentation (columns)
    7. Windows and doors
    8. Termination

    • Unit of measure: the ancient foot of Vicenca


    standard ground floor wall thickness in his villas was
    two Vicenca feet
    The Palladian grammar

    Stage 1 Grid definition


    Every grid consists of (2m + 1) x n array of variously
    dimensioned rectangles
    • Bilateral symmetry of the grid – north-south of the
    coordinate system
    • Each rectangles to the left of the axis has a
    corresponding reflection to the right of the axis
    • Parameterization of the rules (page 8)
    The Palladian grammar

    Stage 3 Room Layout


    • The interior spaces in Palladio’s uniaxial villa plans may
    be
    – Rectangular
    – H shaped
    – T shaped and

    – + shaped
    • A plan can have at most one nonrectangular space and
    this space must be bisected by the north-south axis of
    the coordinate system

    You might also like