Villa rotonda, zwana takze villa almerico capra renesansowa rezydencja zaprojektowana przez wloskiego architekta andrea palladia. It is a building that consciously recalls ancient roman classical models but its innovative design had a lasting impact for future generations of architects in italy and abroad. Introduction of all the villages venetian renaissance architect palladio andrea di pietro della gondola does in the countryside of vicenza, it called the villa rotonda capra town or villagevalmarana capra is the most famous. Compare this to the map quattro libri dellarchitettura and the crosssection of the rotonda. It is considered the ideal architecture by andrea palladio 15081580, who designed it in 1566 for paolo almerico, a count and priest from vicenza who lived in rome for many years for centuries, the villa became an essential.
Design the site selected was a hilltop just outside the city of vicenza. The building has a square plan with loggias on all four sides, which connect to terraces and the landscape. This building has remained as one of the most influential design in the following centuries. World heritage list palladian villas no 712bis unesco. Villa capra may have inspired a thousand subsequent buildings, but the villa was itself inspired by the pantheon in rome. Enrique valdearcos guerrer o historia del arte villa capra. The name capra derives from the capra brothers, who completed the building after it was ceded to them in 1592. This building has remained as one of the most influential design in. The city of vicenza and the palladian villas of the veneto veneto region. To what degree is the perfect symmetry assumed by kees. Fens describes the villa as the square house with the equal facades on all four sides.
Situated on the top of a hill just outside the town of vicenza, the villa capra is called the villa rotonda, because of its completely symmetrical plan with a central circular hall. Andrea palladio, temple, pdf, houses, how to plan, model, projects, buildings. Matthew brettingham of palladios villa rotonda in england mit. This was a hilltop belvedere, or summer house, with a view, of completely symmetrical plan with hexastyle, or porticoes on each of four sides and central circular halls surmounted by domes. I knew about the villa capra which is also known as the rotunda, because of the filmopera don giovanni by joseph losey and i can assure you that this sixteenthcentury villa which. Subentrato a palladio dopo il 1580, scamozzi in sostanza completa il progetto con interferenze che studi recenti tendono a considerare molto limitate. Villa godi cornaro few renaissance sources discussed golden section for its widespread application delian cube 3v2 or 1.
Villa almerico capra, palladios masterpiece italian ways. The question is, and its a typical question that can pop up during the final history exams, is. Villa capra, or villa rotunda andrea palladio great. In 1565 a priest, paolo almerico, on his retirement from the vatican as referendario apostolico of pope pius iv and afterwards pius v, decided to return to his home town of vicenza in the venetian countryside and build a country house. Raymond chau and ruogu liu florida international university. The villa attracts visits from architects, poets, artists, statesmen, royalty, scholars and tourists like us. Palladios drawing of the rotonda in the quattro libri dellarchitettura plate of page 19, libro secondo. Villa almerico capra, andrea palladio, vicenza italy,1571. It was built between the years 1567 1570, in an ideal landscape, built as a mansion vatican official called paolo. Andrea palladio november 1508 19 august villa rotonda layout palladio, it is easy to argue, is the most important and influential architect of all time. Come here to marvel at the villas symmetrical design, to gaze in awe at frescoes by great renaissance artists and to enjoy sweeping views of vicenzas picturesque countryside. Projekt willi powstal w 1550 roku, prace przy realizacji trwaly do 1582 roku. Villa rotonda ficha, fotos y planos wikiarquitectura.