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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Malcontenta, Veneto, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1558 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorPalladio, Andreaen_US
dc.date1558en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-14T14:35:45Z
dc.date.available2013-03-14T14:35:45Z
dc.date.issued1558en_US
dc.identifier199381en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1268en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/107143
dc.descriptionPiano nobile window, detail over window; The Villa Foscari (begun ca. 1558) at Malcontenta di Mira, close to Venice, is another of Palladio's villas with strongly scenographic qualities. The building is raised on an unusually high base, giving it an urban character, while the rustication running all round it contributes to its rural character. The portico of the facade facing the river, crowned by a massive pediment, is balanced on the rear facade facing the surrounding countryside by a large thermal window inscribed in a broken-bed pediment, a device that occurs in other buildings by Palladio and indicates both his study of antiquity and his independent treatment of the idiom derived from it. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/26/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumbrick; plaster; stoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectRenaissanceen_US
dc.titleVilla Foscarien_US
dc.title.alternativeLa Malcontentaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-PA-VF-H6en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypevillaen_US
dc.contributor.displayAndrea Palladio (Italian architect, 1508-1580)en_US


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