Palladio four books of architecture summary

#Palladio four books of architecture summary series#

Of the Temple of Bramante ( San Pietro in Montorio) Of the Baptism of Constantine ( Lateran Baptistery) Of the Temple of Mars ( Temple of Hadrian) Of the Temple of Vesta ( Temple of Vesta) Of the Temple of Fortuna virilis, or Manly Fortune ( Temple of Portunus) Of the Temple of Jupiter ( Temple of Seraphis) Of the Temple vulgarly call'd the 'Galluce' ( Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum)) Of the Temples of the Sun and Moon ( Temple of Venus and Roma) Of the Temple of Antoninius and Faustina ( Temple of Antoninus and Faustina) Of the Temple of Nerva Trajan ( Temple of Trajan) Of the Temple of Mars the Avenger (at the Forum of Augustus)

Of the Draughts of some ancient Temples that are in Rome, and first of the Temple of Peace ( Temple of Peace, Rome) Illustrations of the temples include careful measurements of existing building elements, together with Palladio's own conjectural interpretations of the temple's facades where only fragments remained, as at the Temple of Trajan. (The exception is the San Pietro in Montorio, designed by Donato Bramante, consecrated in the year 1500.) Palladio's selections range geographically from Rome, Naples, Spoleto, Assisi, Pola and NГ®mes. The fourth book contains five chapters of general introduction, then 26 chapters, each of which describe the designs of specific Roman temples dating from antiquity, along with one contemporary church design.

The third book addresses matters of city planning: streets, stone street paving, bridges of both stone and wood, and piazzas, with examples drawn from Roman origins alongside contemporary examples also basilicas, including the basilica designed by Vitruvius in Fano and the important Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza. The plates of completed projects sometimes differ from the buildings as actually constructed.

#Palladio four books of architecture summary series#

This includes nine palazzi, 22 villas (13 of them completed, another five partly completed), and a series of unrealized projects. The second book covers the designs of private urban townhouses and country villas of the 1500s, in and around Venice, almost all designed by Palladio himself. It documents five classical orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, Composite) in all their parts (bases, columns, architraves, arches, capitals, trabeations), as well as discussing other building elements (vaulted ceilings, floors, doors and windows, fireplaces, roofs and stairs). The first book discusses building materials and techniques.