Palladian Architecture

Examples of Palladian Architecture in the following topics:

• English Architecture in the Baroque Period

  • English architecture during the 17th century can be characterized by its use of Palladian, Jacobean, and English Baroque styles.
  • Palladian architecture is highly symmetrical and based on the principles of formal Classical temple architecture of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
  • The second phase of Renaissance architecture in England is termed the Jacobean style.
  • Architectural examples of the style include Hatfield House, Knole House, and Holland House by John Thorpe.
  • South facing view of Hatfield House, an example of English Jacobean architecture.

• Palladio

  • Palladio, inspired by Roman and Greek architecture, is considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture.
  • Palladian Architecture, named after him, adhered to classical Roman principles that Palladio rediscovered, applied, and explained in his works.
  • Palladian architecture has "been valued for centuries as the quintessence of High Renaissance calm and harmony. " Palladio designed many palaces, villas, and churches, but his reputation has been founded on his skill as a designer of villas.
  • Palladian villas are located mainly in the province of Vicenza, while the palazzi are concentrated in the city of Vicenza and the churches in Venice.
  • One factor in the spread of palladian influence was the publication in 1570 of Palladio's architectural treatise, I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books of Architecture), which set out rules others could follow.

• Renaissance Architecture in Venice

  • Venice, the capital of the Veneto, has a rich and diverse architectural style, the most famous of which is the Gothic style.
  • Palladian architecture, in masterpieces such as Villa Emo, Villa Barbaro, Villa Capra, and Villa Foscari, evoked the imagined grandeur of antique classical Roman villas.
  • Palladio created an architectural movement called Palladianism, which had a strong following in the next three centuries.
  • Palladianism inspired architects, some of them his direct students, including Vincenzo Scamozzi, who completed several works that echoed Palladio's aestheticism, including the first Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza.
  • Describe the style of Venetian architecture during the Renaissance, and of Palladio in particular

• Architecture

  • Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style that was produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-eighteenth century.
  • Though neoclassical architecture employs the same classical vocabulary as Late Baroque architecture, it tends to emphasize its planar qualities rather than its sculptural volumes.
  • This strain is most vividly represented in the Palladian architecture of Georgian Britain and Ireland.
  • It is also recognizable in the classicizing vein of Late Baroque architecture in Paris.
  • These models were increasingly available for close study through the medium of architectural engravings of measured drawings of surviving Roman architecture.

• Architecture in the High Renaissance

  • Architecture during the High Renaissance represents a culmination of the architectural developments that were made during the Renaissance.
  • Deeply inspired by Roman and Greek architecture, Palladio is widely considered one of the most influential individuals in the history of Western architecture.
  • Palladian Architecture, named after him, adhered to classical Roman principles that Palladio rediscovered, applied, and explained in his works.
  • Palladian villas are located mainly in the province of Vicenza.
  • The Palladian villa configuration often consists of a centralized block raised on an elevated podium, accessed by grand steps and flanked by lower service wings.

• Neoclassical Architecture

  • Though Neoclassical architecture employs the same classical vocabulary as Late Baroque architecture, it tends to emphasize its planar qualities rather than its sculptural volumes.
  • Even sacred architecture was classicized during the Neoclassical period.
  • This strain is most vividly represented in the Palladian architecture of Georgian Britain and Ireland.
  • It is a robust architecture of self-restraint, academically selective now of "the best" Roman models.
  • These models were increasingly available for close study through the medium of architectural engravings of measured drawings of surviving Roman architecture.

• Renaissance Architecture

  • Renaissance architecture is European architecture between the early 15th and early 17th centuries.
  • The most representative architect is Bramante (1444–1514), who expanded the applicability of classical architecture to contemporary buildings, a style that was to dominate Italian architecture in the 16th century.
  • Renaissance architecture adopted obvious distinguishing features of classical Roman architecture.
  • In the Mannerist period, the "Palladian" arch was employed, using a motif of a high semicircular topped opening flanked with two lower square-topped openings.
  • Name some distinguishing features of Italian Renaissance architecture, its major exponents, and important architectural concepts

• Environmental Context of Architecture

• Ottonian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

  • Ottonian architecture flourished from the 10th-11th centuries and drew inspiration from Carolingian and Byzantine architecture.
  • Surviving examples of this style of architecture are found today in Germany and Belgium.
  • Ottonian architecture chiefly drew its inspiration from both Carolingian and Byzantine architecture and represents the absorption of classical Mediterranean and Christian architectural forms with Germanic styles.
  • One of the finest surviving examples of Ottonian architecture is St.
  • Cyriakus is one of the few surviving examples of Ottonian architecture and combines Carolingian elements with innovations that anticipate Romanesque architecture.

• Academic Architecture

  • Beaux-Arts architecture expressed the academic neoclassical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
  • Beaux-Arts architecture expresses the academic neoclassical architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
  • "Beaux Arts" describes the architectural style of over two centuries of instruction under academic authority: first, of the Académie royale d'architecture (1671–1793), then, following the French Revolution, the Architecture section of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
  • Beaux-Arts training made great use of agrafes (clasps that links one architectural detail to another), interpenetration of forms, "speaking architecture" (architecture parlante) in which supposed appropriateness of symbolism could be taken to literal-minded extremes.
  • After centuries of dominating architectural schools and training processes, the Beaux-Arts style began fade in favor of Modernist architecture and the International Style on the eve of World War I.