Palladio, the villa and the landscape
| Main Author: | Smienk, Gerrit. |
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| Other Authors: | Niemeijer, Johannes, 1949-, Venema, Hans., Dongen, Frits van, 1946- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Basel :
Birkhäuser,
[2011]
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| Physical Description: |
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans (some color) ; 30 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Landscapes
-- Italy.
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Table of 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 trivium. State intervention ; Drainage and reclamation ; Low land and high water ; High land and low water ; The re-creation of the Venetian terraferma
- Ten selected villas. Villa Godi: recomposing the landscape ; Villa Saraceno: breathing in the landscape ; Villa Pisani, 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 machines 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 the parcellation ; Buildings and artefacts ; Beacons in the landscape ; The secret of Palladian staging.