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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Maser, Veneto, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1549-1558 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorPalladio, Andreaen_US
dc.creatorVeronese, Paoloen_US
dc.date1549-1558en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-11T20:40:07Z
dc.date.available2013-03-11T20:40:07Z
dc.date.issued1549-1558en_US
dc.identifier199237en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1258en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/106996
dc.descriptionNymphaeum, central grotto, bas-relief, left side; About 1549 Palladio produced the first designs for the Villa Barbaro in Maser, near Treviso (completed by 1558), which was built on the remains of a medieval castello for Daniele and Marc'Antonio Barbaro, who must have had a significant influence on the design. The main house, projecting far in front of outstretched utility wings surmounted by dovecots, is a pedimented structure inspired by antiquity, with a strong vertical emphasis, and it became one of his most influential villas. The triangular pediment surmounting the entire facade of the house, supported by four giant engaged Ionic columns, is a motif taken from ancient temple design, which Palladio believed had been based on private houses, and it had only rarely been used in Renaissance villa design before this time. Here, the pediment serves primarily to impart dignity, to designate the status of the noble residence. A magnificent series of frescoes by Veronese celebrates rural life, and a nymphaeum, unique in Palladio's work, is set into the hill at the rear of the house on its central axis, a clear indication of the co-existence of practical agricultural factors and idyllic humanist values in villa design. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; stucco; frescoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectRenaissanceen_US
dc.titleVilla Barbaroen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-PA-VB-L2en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypevillaen_US
dc.contributor.displayAndrea Palladio (Italian architect, 1508-1580); Paolo Veronese (Italian painter, 1528-1588)en_US


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