¥ Andrea Palladio (originally Andrea di Pietro della Gondola) was born on the 30th November 1508, in Padua, Republic of Venice. His given name was Palladio.
¥ He was an apprentice to the sculptor Trissino until the age of 16.
¥ At 16 he moved to Vicenza and joined a guild of stonecutters and masons.
¥ He was later employed at a workshop that specialised in making decorative monuments.
In 1540 Palladio designed his first villa.
¥ The villa was a mix of traditional venetian houses and the ‘Villa Trissino’ (His Mentors house).
¥ In 1546 he designed sketches for the new Town Hall in Vicenza. Now known as the Basilica.
¥ In 1547 he visited Rome with Trissino and was greatly affected by the works of great renaissance men such as Raphael and Peruzzi.
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He did this by having two columns one in front of each other rather than side by side. An example of the columns can be seen clearly in the red circle.
The Villa Capra was designed by Palladio and built in 1566 just outside Vicenza. The villa was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome and led to thousands of similar villas to be built over the coming centuries. It defines Palladianism. Palladio described the building as a ‘palazzo’ or palace. Palladio’s design involved a central dome and 4 staircases surrounding allowing entrance from all sides. The symmetry of the building can be seen in the plans.
Local Government as a patron - As an architect the relationship between Palladio and his patrons was very important. He was building for them not himself. An example of a relationship between him and his Patron can be seen through the design of the Basilica. There was a competition held to redesign the front of the building. He wasn’t a very well known architect at the time but developed an unorthodox method that didn’t show many support beams and made their architecture look more forward than Florentines at the
Andrea Palladio was born in 1508A.D. in Italy. At a very young age he became a stone mason, however his journey into architecture began when he met Gian Giorgio Trissino who immediately saw ability in him and decided to mentor Palladio. Trissino combined a study of classical architecture with architecture of the time, all the while allowing Palladio room to develop a style of his own. In time Palladio was constructing villas through out the country side of Italy, in all he constructed 30 villas, 18 of which are still standing today. Perhaps Palladio’s most famous work was the Villa Rotondra or La Rotondra which was started around 1565 and took approximately 4 years to build and was greatly inspired by the Pantheon in Rome. It is interesting to note that la Rotondra is different from Palladio’s other villas in a number of ways, and it is evident that these differences help distinguish it from the rest. The main differences between Palladio’s Rotondra and his other work are, The Rotonda is set on a hilltop, it is located near a...
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Andrea Palladio (1508-80) was one of the most influential figures of Renaissance architecture, who worked in Vicenza in northern Italy as well as in Venice and the surrounding Veneto.
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