TY - BOOK AU - Wundram,Manfred TI - Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580: el canon de la armonía T2 - Back to visual basics SN - 9783836502870 AV - NA1123.P2 W8618 2009 c.2 PY - 2009/// CY - España PB - Tashen KW - Palladio, Andrea KW - Architects KW - Italy KW - Local KW - Architecture, Renaissance N1 - Translation of: Andrea Palladio 1508-1580: die Regeln der Harmonie; Includes bibliographical references (p. 96); Contents -- 18 Villa Godi -- 22 Villa Piovene -- 24 Villa Forni-Cerato -- 26 Villa Pisani -- 30 Palazzo della Ragione ("Basilica") -- 34 Villa Poiana -- 36 Palazzo Chiericati -- 38 Villa Cornaro -- 44 Villa Chiericati -- 44 Villa Badoer -- 46 Villa Barbaro -- 52 Villa Foscari -- 56 Villa Emo -- 60 Chiesa San Giorgio Maggiore -- 64 Palazzo Valmarana -- 66 Palazzo Schio -- 68 Villa Almerico ("La Rotonda") -- 74 Villa Sarego -- 76 Loggia del Capitaniato -- 78 Chiesa del Redentore -- 84 Tempietto Barbaro -- 88 Teatro Olimpico -- 92 Life and work --; Life and Work -- 1508 Palladio is born as Andrea di Pietro, the son of a miller in Padua, on 8 November 1508. -- 1521 Palladio's father signs a six-year apprenticeship contract for his son in the workshop of the architect and stone carver Bartolomeo Cavazza da Sossano in Padua. -- 1523 Palladio flees from Cavazza's workshop to Vicenza, but is forced to return in order to fulfil his contract. -- 1524 Palladio becomes a member of the Masons' and Stone Carvers' Guild in Vicenza and is taken on in the respected workshop of Giovanni di Giacomo da Porlezza in Pedemuro. -- 1530 His attempt to establish a workshop of his own fails. -- 1534 Marries Allegradonna, the daughter of a cabinetmaker. The marriage produces four sons and one daughter. -- 1537-1542 Villa Godi, Lugo di Vicenza -- 1538 In February his first encounter with Count Giangiorgio Trissino, who introduces Palladio to a refined circle of potential clients in Vicenza. around -- 1539/40 Villa Piovene, Lugo di Vicenza (central block without a foyer) -- 1540 Palladio is awarded the professional title of architect on 26 August. -- 1540-1545 Villa Forni-Cerato, Montecchio -- after 1540 Villa Gazzotti, Bertesina Casa Cilena, Vicenza -- 1541 In summer, his first journey to Rome with Count Trissino. -- 1542 Villa Pisani, Bagnolo -- after 1542 Palazzo Thiene, Vicenza -- 1545 Villa Thiene, Quinto Villa Saraceno, Finale -- 1545/46 Second journey to Rome in the company of Trissino. Trissino bestows the name Palladio upon Andrea di Pietro after Pallas Athene, the goddess of the arts. -- 1546/47 During another stay in Rome, Palladio also devotes himself to studies in Tivoli, Palestrina and Albano. -- 1548/49 Villa Caldogno, Caldogno -- 1549 His hopes of attaining a position in the building lodge of Saint Peter in Rome are dashed by the death of Pope Paul III. On 11 April Palladio is called upon to become the chief architect of the Palazzo della Ragione in Vicenza. Palazzo della Ragione ("Basilica"), Vicenza (designation as chief architect) -- before 1550 Palazzo lseppo Porto, Vicenza Villa Poiana, Poiana Maggiore -- 1550 Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza -- 1551-1554 Villa Cornaro, Piombino Dese -- 1552 Invitation by Cardinal Christoforo Madruzzi to Trento; stay in Innsbruck. -- 1552-1555 Villa Pisani, Montagnana -- 1554 Palladio completes his book LAntichita di Roma. -- around 1555 Villa Chiericati, Vancimuglio -- 1556 Founding member of the "Olympic Academy" in Vicenza. -- 1556 Palazzo Antonini, Udine Arco Bollani, Udine -- after 1556 Villa Badoer, Fratta Polesine -- 1557/58 Palazzo Comunale, Feltre Villa Barbaro, Maser -- 1559/60 Villa Foscari, Malcontenta -- 1560/61 Santa Maria della Carita, Venice, cloisters -- 1560-1562 San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, refectory -- after 1562 San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, façade -- 1563/64 Villa Valmarana, Lisiera -- around 1564 Villa Emo, Fanzolo -- before 1565 Pretorio, Cividale -- 1565 San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, church Cathedral, Vicenza, apse, vault -- 1565/66 Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza -- before 1566 Palazzo Schio, Vicenza, façade Villa Zeno, Cessalto -- 1566 Guest of Count Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy in Turin. From there, Palladio travels to Provence. The Accademia del Disegno in Florence inducts him as a member. -- 1566-1570 Villa Almerico ("La Rotondo"), Vicenza -- 1568 Palladio declines an invitation to the Imperial Court in Vienna because he is overburdened with work. -- around 1568/69 Villa Sarego, Pedemonte di Valpolicella -- 1570 Palladio becomes Sansovino's successor as the advising architect to the Republic of Venice. Publication of I Quattro libri dell'Architettura. -- 1570/71 Palazzo Barbarano, Vicenza -- 1570-1580 Palazzo Porto-Breganze, Vicenza -- 1571 Loggia del Capitaniato, Vicenza -- 1576 Santa Corona, Vicenza Valmarana Chapel, Vicenza -- 1576/77 Chiesa del Redentore, Venice -- around 1579/80 Le Zitelle, Venice (changed) -- 1579 Porta Gemona, San Daniele del Friuli -- 1579/80 Ternpietto Barbaro, Maser Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza -- 1580 On 19 August Palladio dies in Vicenza or Maser. -- ER -