Palladio
After I had begun my career as a stonemason, at the age of twenty I was taken on by Gian Giorgio Trissino. He educated me as a Humanist and through this enlightenment I was metamorphosed into an architect and an authority on the subject as well. By reading Virtuvius and following the example of Alberti, I was inspired to write a treatise of my own. I entitled the work, one of my many books , "Quattro libri dell'architettura", and in it placed many plans, wood cuts, and elevations of my own buildings. My work in architecture was so profound that the entire style of eighteenth century Classical architecture was named after me, Pladdianism. Unlike Alberti, whom I respect very much, I was involved in the building process in my buildings, I wasn't afraid to get a little dirty to make my building just right. My careful attention to proportion and symmetry led me to be very influential with villas in the Italian countryside of Vicenza. One of my most famous villas, the Villa Rotonda begun in 1566, is the subject of another building constructed hundreds of years later; Lord Burlington's Chiswick House, built in 1725. Apparently my style of architecture was worth maintaining, but I only wish that Lord Burlington had approached his villa more eloquently. I will compare the way I solved the need for villas with Villa Rotonda to Lord Burlington's attempt to repeat my masterpiece.
As Venice was increasingly gaining power, people began to earn enough money to afford a country home. Although residents wanted to keep a high profile, I understood the construction of these villas needed to be extraordinary, inexpensive, and functional. I came up with a three-part solution to this need involving sensational exterior features, econ...
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...e problem of making an affordable villa through spectacular exteriors, thrifty materials, and harmony and balance inside. I only wish that Lord Burlington could have respected my work to perhaps create a masterpiece of his own.
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