Palladio, Andrea

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• Palladio, Andrea — (Andrea di Pietro della Gondola; 1508 1580)    Architect and theorist from Vincenza who trained in Padua as a stonemason and was active in Venice and its outlying areas. The name Palladio derives from Pallas Athena (Minerva), goddess of wisdom,… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Palladio, Andrea — orig. Andrea di Pietro della Gondola born Nov. 30, 1508, Padua, Republic of Venice died August 1580, Vicenza Italian architect. While a young mason, he was noticed by an Italian scholar and soon found himself studying mathematics, music,… …   Universalium

• PALLADIO, Andrea — (1508 1580)    Andrea Palladio is best known for establishing an enduring tradition of classicism, not only in the Veneto during the High Renaissance but also through subsequent generations of classical architects who looked to the Palladian… …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• PALLADIO, Andrea — (1508 1580) Andrea Palladio was among the most significant sixteenth century Italian ar­chitects and almost unquestionably the most influential figure in Western post­Renaissance architectural theory. Palladio was born Andrea di Pietro della… …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• Palladio, Andrea — ► (1508 80) Arquitecto italiano. En 1549 el Consejo de Ciento de la ciudad de Vicenza le encargó la reconstrucción del palacio de la Ragione. En Vicenza realizó desde ese momento muchos palacios particulares, en los que se reveló también su… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Palladio, Andrea — (1508 1580)    Italian architect. His harmo nious and balanced neoclassical buildings set a style for palaces, country houses, and churches that spread from his home region in northern Italy throughout Europe. The most famous example of his… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Palladio,Andrea — Pal·la·dio (pə lāʹdē ō, pä läʹdyō), Andrea. 1508 1580. Italian architect who developed a style based on the classicism of ancient Rome, breaking with the ornate conventions of the Italian Renaissance. His works include the Villa Rotonda and the… …   Universalium

• Palladio, Andrea — soprannome di Andrea di Pietro della Gondola …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

• PALLADIO, ANDREA —    an Italian architect, born at Vicenza, of poor parents; was precursor of the modern Italian style of architecture, and author of a treatise on architecture that has borne fruit; his works, which are masterpieces of the Renaissance, consist… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Palladio, Andrea — (1508 1580); Architekt (u. a.: Villa Almerico (La Rotonda), Palazzo della Ragione, Palazzo Chiericati und Teatro Olimpico in Vicenca, S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venedig) und Architekturtheoretiker (u. a. I Quattro Libri Dell Architectura, 1570) …   Erläuterung wichtiger Begriffe des Bauwesens