Andrea Palladio

It is said that all of neoclassical buildings are influenced by the works of an Italian architect Andrea Palladio, he is known to be one of the most influential architects in Western architecture. His architectural works have been considered as inspiration by many for centuries. One of the similarities between Palladian architecture and neoclassical is the…

How the passion and vision of a man can transform the past in which was raised into transcendental architecture of historic reference. It is of great interest to understand how a person can comprehend different cultures with other visions and thoughts just by visualizing their work in different personal trips to different cities and countries. And furthermore, adapt them in order to create a new harmonious manner in which a singular, monumental, and functional design can exist. Is that way how…

Through seven generations of Drayton ownership, this National Historic Landmark has remained in nearly original condition and is the only Ashley River plantation house to survive the Civil War intact.” (www.ccpl.org) Also was heavily influenced by Andrea Palladio from the…

Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States was born in 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He joined the institution of William and Mary but received no formal training in architecture. Fundamentally self-taught, Jefferson accumulated a remarkable collection architecture and art that comprised several reproductions of Palladio’s Quattro Libri. Eventually, Jefferson developed a concentrated obligation of Palladio’s architectural notions based on their link to early Romans (Howard, 2003).…

The layout of the ‘Academical Village’ of the University of Virginia was based on symmetry, which meant that the design of the West and East side of the campus was very similar. From the north, we can see the Rotunda as the focal point of the area. Each floor of the Rotunda serves different purposes; from the top, it serves as a library, lecture hall, as well as science laboratory. To the south of the Rotunda, we can find the lawn, which stretches from the Rotunda to the end of the complex. On…

Orfeo, officially L’Orfeo, was a momentous opera piece that was composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Written in five acts, the storyline that follows the underlying music delves into many aspects of humanity. Happiness, love, religion, death, and loss, concomitant with heartbreak, are the main themes expressed and explored which yield foresight into the time period Monteverdi himself lived in, as well as the influence of the Venice, the floating city. The opera was revolutionary for its time…

it is a fundamental phenomena which is the division and confrontation. The act of division and being divided in architecture shows the core of a city. It is a form of ethos and subjectivity of the city. The author goes back to four architects: Andrea Palladio, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Etienne Louis-Boullee…

the Virginia State Capitol building using classical revivalism, yet added many details that were commonly found in France at the time. President Jefferson drew his inspiration for neoclassical design directly from 16th-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio. With Jefferson shunning both the traditional English blueprints of building government and country houses,…

Brunelleschi’s Pazzi Chapel at Santa Croce, begun in 1441 in Florence furthers the application of geometric ideals in a chapter house for clergymen. Although not exactly centrally planned due to the additional breadth from flanking barrel vaults, the ordered designs of the primary space and central dome demonstrate Brunelleschi’s ordered design. The chapel’s dome “rests above the center of a rectangular structure,” similar to Hagia Sophia. Its dome is unique from the Old Sacristy in its…

The Renaissance was a period of great cultural and technological changes that swept Europe from the late 13th century that was integral in the development of Europe in a roundhouse. Despite all parts of Europe was different changes, there were two primary revivals that were more noticeable. They were Italian and Northern Renaissance. Both of these revivals had a profound impact on Europe. But they also had some typical differences between them and each one was unique in its own way. The word…