Andrea Palladio
Palladio – In Pursuit of the Perfect House
A villa by architect Andrea Palladio was a place where the owners could feel happy, secure and content, which is after all, what most of us still require and aspire to, a place where one can cultivate the head, heart, body and the soul.
La Casa di Villa – Dwelling under the Tent of Heaven
The precise location of heaven on earth has never really been established, but it could very well be a villa designed to cultivate the head heart body and soul
Franklin & Jefferson, founding the architecture of freedom
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were both men of means practically and intellectually. Their incredible contribution to a free world is immeasurable. They espoused ancient Greece and Roman buildings and were inspired by the clarity, simplicity and spaciousness of its forms. Seen from St. Petersburg to Edinburgh, from Virginia to Versailles the neoclassical style was to become the architecture of freedom.
Alleluia Apollo, Vitruvius, Palladio, Mozart and Jenkins
Changes in the economic order and the social structure of society brought into favour in England and Europe during the second half of the eighteenth century a new style in architecture, literature and the arts. Today it has become more generally known as neoclassicism. Its tenets were based on the considerable legacy of the remains and ruins of the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. This sophisticated style of grace by and large, favoured simplicity of form over complexity. It had a taste for structural clarity and it is this emphasis that worked its way into the world of music, taking it forward towards a style in which melody was preferred.
The Code – Where Math & the Modern World Magically Converge
You will find number connections between trees and mountains, clouds and waterfalls, nautilus shells and cicadas and in the formation of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, which became known to the wider world through a talk given at the Royal Society at London in 1693. BBC TV presenter Marcus du Sautoy who is gradually revealing and cracking simultaneously what he calls The Code, recently revisited this amazing natural phenomenon.
Favourite Books – Andrea Palladio, The Architect in his Time
Professor Bruce Boucher’s scholarly and accessible work, Andrea Palladio, The Architect in his Time was first published in 1994 in a ‘user friendly version’…to fit comfortably into a suitcase or backpack for a quick trip to Vicenza, the scene of many of Palladio’s triumphant works in architecture. Don’t know about you but I have always [...]
What Is: Palladian Style, more than a villa in the Veneto?
The variety and quality of the designs of sixteenth century Venetian architect Andrea Palladio confirm his flexibility and unique contribution to the ongoing classical language of architecture. His work transcends style boundaries and provides the viewer with an emotional experience reminding us of the power and authority of buildings of quality. It is both optimistic and timeless in its approach, providing both intellectual and visual enjoyment. And, over time the Palladian style has become much more than just a villa in the Veneto.
EVOLUTION OF ART, DESIGN & STYLE
Course Outline
The Culture Concept Circle’s comprehensive course of study the Evolution of Art, Design & Style contains sumptuous imagery and beautiful music. The course traces humankind’s journey from antiquity to the modern age by surveying the evolution of painting, sculpture, architecture, interiors, gardens, music and much much more. It includes the intimate world of the fashionable [...]
Thomas Jefferson at Monticello – to see and be seen
Throughout his life Jefferson was continually putting Monticello up or pushing it down as his knowledge and experience of life and architecture expanded. When he first began drawing designs for it he turned to the acknowledged authorities of his age. He had a copy, readily at hand, of the treatise of 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1509-1590).
Villa Rigoni Savioli – Dwelling Under The Tent of Heaven
The precise location of heaven on earth has never really been established. However it could be at the Villa Rigoni Savioli at Padua, nearby to Venice in Northern Italy. The architecture is in the Palladian style, which is based on the work of sixteenth century master architect, Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). He went on a passionate pursuit to build the perfect house and the readily adaptable architectural formula he developed was so successful he gained followers and imitators in his own day, as well as over the four centuries since.
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