Palladio, the Villa and the Landscape

ISBN-10: 3034607121
ISBN-13: 9783034607124
Category: Architecture
Pages: 159
Language: English
Published: 2011
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Authors: Gerrit Smienk, Johannes Niemeijer

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Andrea Palladio is universally regarded as one of the most important architects of the Re-naissance. He was the first "professional architect" and was strongly influenced by Greek and Roman architecture, particularly by Vitruvius. His treatise "Quattro libri dell architettura" also earned him worldwide recognition. Palladio s villas meanwhile are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This book documents and analyzes ten of Palladio s eighteen surviving villas specifically in terms of their relationship with their natural surroundings; their influence on those surroundings is investigated as well. The selected villas constitute a representative cross section of Palladio s wide-ranging output. The landscape formations of Veneto, where these villas are located, may be divided into three types: plains surrounded by mountains, arid plains, and marshland. Gerrit Smienk is a landscape architect with many years teaching experience at the TU Delft and the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, and is a recognized expert on the Italian Renaissance. Andrea Palladio kann zweifelsohne als einer der bedeutendsten Architekten weltweit gelten. Er war der erste -Berufsarchitekt- und wurde durch die romische und griechische Architektur, vornehmlich Vitruv, stark gepragt. Auch seine Abhandlung -Quattro libri dell architettura- brachte ihm weltweit Anerkennung. Die Villen Palladios gehoren inzwischen dem UNESCO Weltkulturerbe an. Die ausgestellten Villen bilden einen reprasentativen Querschnitt des umfangreichen Schaffens Palladios. Die Landschaftsformationen Venetiens, in denen diese Villen stehen, lassen sich in drei Typen aufgliedern: Ebenen, von Bergen umsaumt, Trockenebenen und Marschland. Im Buch werden zehn der 18 erhaltenen Villen Palladios in ihrem spezifischen Zusammenhang zu ihrer jeweiligen landschaftlichen Umgebung dokumentieren und analysieren, ihr Einfluss auf das Landschaftsbild wird untersucht. Der Autor Gerrit Smienk lehrte als Landschaftsarchitekt uber viele Jahre an der TU Delft und dem Berlage Institute in Rotterdam und ist ein ausgewiesener Kenner der italienischen Renaissance"

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