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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Vicenza, Veneto, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1565-1571 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorPalladio, Andreaen_US
dc.date1565-1571en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-11T20:35:15Z
dc.date.available2013-03-11T20:35:15Z
dc.date.issued1565-1571en_US
dc.identifier199019en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1183en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/106781
dc.descriptionNorth façade, tight side view, depicting building base; n 1565 Palladio was commissioned by the Valmarana family to design the Palazzo Valmarana (now Palazzo Braga) in Vicenza; it was built in several phases and completed in 1571, although only a part of Palladio's planned project was executed. Its street façade in particular makes it one of Palladio's most interesting buildings. The giant order of its pilasters gives the palace a monumentality that must have had an oppressive effect in the narrow street setting. Inscribed within it is a smaller order extending the full width of the façade at the lower level, a device possibly derived from Michelangelo's plan for St Peter's, Rome. The rhythmical articulation of the façade nevertheless results from Palladio's ingenious idea of marking the end bays not with giant pilasters but with statues placed above the interpolated order, thus providing a sense of compression towards the centre of the façade, which in turn gives additional emphasis to the entrance. As a result, the building has something of a contrapuntal effect that runs counter to the tectonic laws of the classical orders, and it is thus an impressive example of Palladio's increasingly independent manipulation of traditional idiom. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)en_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectRenaissanceen_US
dc.titlePalazzo Valmaranaen_US
dc.title.alternativePalazzo Valmarana-Bragaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-PA-PV-A6en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypepalazzoen_US
dc.contributor.displayAndrea Palladio (Italian architect, 1508-1580)en_US


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