Gives an idea of works and philosophy of Anderia Palladio

1. (30NOVEMBER,1508- 19 AUGUST 1580)

2.  Palladio, influenced by Roman
and Greek architecture, primarily
by Vitruvius, is widely considered
the most influential individual in
the history of western architecture.
 Andrea Palladio began to
develop his own architectural style
around 1541. The Palladian style,
named after him, adhered to
classical Roman principles he
rediscovered, applied, and
explained in his works.
 Palladianism became popular
briefly in Britain during the mid-
17th century, but its flowering was
cut short by the onset of the Civil
War and the imposition of austerity
which followed.

3.  The design is for a
completely symmetrical
building having a square
plan with four facades, each
of which has a
projecting portico.
 This model represents the
typical construction of the
aristocracy of the
Cinquecento
(mannerism)Renaissance:
• Greek cross plan
• The architectural style of
building in general
influenced the neoclassical
architecture
• The 4 corners correspond to
the 4 cardinal points and, as
a result, the villa is always
embraced by natural light.

4.  portico has steps leading up,
and opens via a
small cabinet or corridor to
the circular domed central
hall.
 A true temple front is
a portico (covered porch
with columns), while a
cosmetic temple front can
be produced with a
simple pediment.
 the one change that
Palladio made was to use
smooth columns instead of
fluted columns. Order are
remain to be ionic.

5.  This is the heart of the villa,
a space overlooked by a
fantastic frescoed dome,
as frescoed are the other
rooms, some of them
decorated with gorgeous
stuccos as well.
 The highlight of the interior
is the central, circular hall,
surrounded by a balcony
and covered by the
domed ceiling; it soars the
full height of the main
house up to the cupola,
with walls decoration.

6.  The ground floor plan is complex -
rectangular with perpendicular
rooms on a long axis, the central
block projects and contains the
principal reception room.
 The central block is flanked by two
symmetrical wings. The wings have
two floors but are fronted by an
open arcade.

7.  The central block, which is
designed to resemble
the portico of a Roman temple,
is decorated by
four Ionic columns ,a motif
which takes its inspiration from
the Temple of Fortuna Virilis in
Rome.
 The central block is surmounted
by a large pediment with
heraldic symbols of the Barbaro
family.
 The wings are terminated by
pavilions which feature large
sundials set beneath their
pediments.
Temple of fortuna,virills

8.  Palladio designed the
wings to provide functional
accommodation for
agricultural use. The Villa
Barbaro is unusual in
having private living
quarters on the upper level
of the "barchesse" (that is:
the rooms behind the
arcades of the two wings)
 The interior of the piano
nobile is painted
with frescoes by Paolo
Veronese in the artist's most
contemporary style of the
period.

9.  The connection of a
temple front to a
domed building refers
to the Pantheon.
 A portico that is
drawn out a long
way, and has
unusually steep
proportions, leads
along with the
diagonal parts of
the gable to two
small bell-towers,
which for their part
pass on the upward-
moving trend to
the dome.

10.  The façade is brilliantly white and
represents Palladio's solution to
the difficulty of adapting
a classical temple facade to the
form of the Christian church with
its high nave and low side aisles.
 superimposed two facades, one
with a wide pediment and
architrave(lintel or beam),
extending over the nave and
both the aisles, apparently
supported by a single order of
pilasters, and the other with a
 narrower pediment (the width of
the nave) superimposed on top of
it with a giant order of engaged
columns on high pedestals.
 a tall one consisting of four
Corinthian columns on
pedestals that support a
pediment at the end of the
nave

11.  The interior of the church
is very bright with massive
engaged columns and
pilasters on undecorated,
white-surfaced walls. The
interior combines a long
basilican nave with a
cruciform plan with
transepts.
 The church is a basilica in
the classical renaissance
style and its brilliant white
marble gleams
 Latin cross - stony and
monumental, with white
walls and thick clusters of
supporting Corinthian
columns and pilasters.