Andrea Palladio

Lord Burlington, Thomas Jefferson and Inigo Jones. © RIBA Collections. LONDON.- The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio is the only architect who has given his name to a style; one that is still in use around the world after nearly 500 years. From the US Capitol to a 21st century Somerset cowshed Palladian Design: The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected introduces Palladio’s design principles and explores how they have been interpreted, copied and re-imagined across time and continents from his death in 1580 right up to... [Lire la suite]

 Andrea Palladio, Villa Cornaro. Photo : Jean-Francois Josse    Andrea Palladio, Villa Cornaro.

  Giuseppe Porta, called Salviati (1520–1575), Bellerophon Killing the Chimera. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue paper faded to gray-brown; squared in red and black chalk. Gift of Janos Scholz. Photography: Graham S. Haber, 2012 NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning May 18, The Morgan Library & Museum will unveil an extraordinary exhibition of drawings and related material that brings to life the dynamic artistic and cultural milieu of fifteenth- and... [Lire la suite]

Engraved after Sebastiano Ricci, Conjectural portrait of Andrea Palladio, c. 1715, frontispiece from Giacomo Leoni, The Architecture of A. Palladio (1715–1720). Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library. PITTSBURGH, PA.- Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) is considered one of the most influential architects of the last 500 years. From September 3 to December 31, Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey will be on view at the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art,... [Lire la suite]

A man touches one of the models included in the "Palladio, The Architect (1508-1580)", exhibition. EFE/Alberto Estévez BARCELONA.- Caixa Forum in Barcelona presents Palladio, The Architect (1508-1580), on view through September 6, 2009. Palladio was not only one of the greatest Italian architects; he was also a practitioner whose work has continued to resonate down five centuries. Active in Vicenza, Venice and the Veneto region, he crafted a new architectural language derived from classical sources yet shaped to... [Lire la suite]

Paolo Veronese (1528-??88) Susanna and the Elders, c. 1585-??88, Oil on canvas, 140 x 280 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts presents today Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy, the first exhibition devoted to Andrea Palladio (1508 – 1580) to be held in London for over 30 years; it will celebrate the quincentenary of his birth. Palladio was not only one of the greatest Italian architects; he was also a practitioner whose work has continued to resonate down five centuries. Active in... [Lire la suite]

Doménicos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco (1541-1614), Portrait of Andrea Palladio, c. 1570-1575. Oil on canvas, 116 x 98 cm. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen LONDON.- In 2009, the Royal Academy of Arts will be presenting the first exhibition devoted to Andrea Palladio (1508 – 1580) to be held in London for over 30 years; it will celebrate the quincentenary of his birth. Palladio was not only one of the greatest Italian architects; he was also a practitioner whose work has continued to resonate down five centuries. Active... [Lire la suite]

Canaletto, Capriccio palladiano. Parma, Galleria Nazionale VICENZA.- This exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of Palladio’s birth tells the story of a remarkable life and attempts to solve a mystery: how did a humble miller’s son become the most renowned world architect in the last five centuries? The story is told in unique ‘film stills’, i.e. the works brought together from over eighty European museums and libraries by an international team of scholars from Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and the... [Lire la suite]