Overview

"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."

Full Product Details

Author:   Gerrit Smienk ,  Johannes Niemeijer ,  Frits Van Dongen ,  Edson da Costa
Publisher:   Birkhauser
Imprint:   Birkhauser
Dimensions:   Width: 24.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.130kg
ISBN:  

9783034607124

ISBN 10:   3034607121
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   07 March 2011
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

"Contents OVERVIEW Palladio, theory and practice Exploring the villas from the air Traces Indicators and predecessors Interpretations and research questions THE RE-CREATION OF THE VENETIAN TERRAFERMA State intervention Drainage and reclamation Low land and high water High land and low water The re-creation of the Venetian terraferma TEN SELECETED VILLAS Villa Godi: Recomposing the landsacape Villa Saraceno: Breathing in the landscape Villa Pisani in Bagnolo: The jump across the river Villa Poiana: Broad composition Villa Badoer: Separation and embrace Villa Foscari: ""In splendid isolation"" Villa Cornaro: Long sightlines Villa Barbaro: Water machine at the foot of the mountains Villa Emo: A focal point in an agricultural landscape Villa Rotonda: All-round symmetry and different on all sides THE AGRICULTURAL VILLA AS MODEL FARM The laws of architecture A paradoxical problem The residence The coperto, or farm buildings The farmyard Variations on the model The essence of the model Plan development in three directions Spatial synthesis THE VILLA IN A PRODUCTION LANDSCAPE Framing The agricultural domain and parcellation Buildings and artefacts Beacons in the landscape The secret of Palladian staging BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ILLUSTRATION CREDITS"

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"Gerrit Smienk: Niederländischer Landschaftsarchitekt und Autor, der an der TU Delft, der Academy of Archietcture in Amsterdam und dem Berlage Institut lehrte. Zahlreiche Publikationen, u.a. ""Italian Villas and Gardens"" mit P. van der Ree und C. Steenbergen beim Prestel Verlag, 1992."

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