The architecture of Villa Foscari - Malcontenta (1558 - 1561) represents the unique architectural style of Andrea Palladio

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12 /7 /2007 THE ARCHITECTURE OF VILLA FOSCARI

INTRODUCTION

The Renaissance (French for "rebirth Italian : Rinascimento , was a revolutionary transition in architecture from a more basic simple design into an artistic , intricate , and grandeur innovation . Started from Italy roughly 14th century and disseminating across the entire Europe until early 17th century

It embraced the resurgence of acquiring knowledge based on classical Greek and Roman thoughts and best recognized for its artistic aspect and the rise of Great Artist such as Leonardo da

Vinci and Michelangelo , who have perspired the term Renaissance Men . And in this transitional era came some of the greatest works of art by the greatest artists one of whom was Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio , one of the renowned artists was born in Padua in 1508 and by the age of sixteen lived and worked in Vicenza . Palladio used a grammar of forms and proportion , and a controlled Vocabulary ' motif These depicted an adherence to a system of design . Palladio 's success came from his distinct and grand aesthetic taste combined with influences not only from his own but from his clients as well . His skill as a designer of villas founded his reputation (Burns , Howard . One of these is the patrician villa in Mira , Italy - the ever famous Villa Foscari

Villa Foscari (1558-1561 ) also known as La Malcontenta ' was one of his famed villas due to its rich and distinct styles . It is the first villa situated on the route leading out of Venice . Built for the Foscari Brothers Nicolo and Alvise it stands along the Brenta River thus overlooking a grand view of nature and breeze . It is found near a city called Malcontenta , from which as legends say it has derived its name The architecture of Villa Foscari represents the unique architectural style of Andrea Palladio and greatly exhibits what will be known as the famed Palladian architecture

HISTORICAL FACTS OF THE ARTIST

In tackling the aspects of the creation and importance of Villa Foscari , it is perhaps the most logical to first consider the artist who created it , the artist having the most powerful hand in its creation

The name Andrea Palladio (November 30 , 1508 - August 19 , 1580 ) is very famous in the history of Western architecture . A native of Italy Palladio is considered the most influential person in this field in the Western sphere

In his visits to Rome in the 1540s , Palladio 's eyes were opened to the character of ancient and modern architecture in the city . After thirty years , Palladio recalled that he found the ancient buildings "worthy of much greater attention , than I had at first thought (Quattro Libri , I br

. 5 ) which he immediately adapted to his commissions (2 . Palladio 's concern with creating architecture of fixed forms , fixed proportions regularly implemented principles , is a conscious attitude (Howard Burns 1999 . Humanist intellectuals have , consciously or unconsciously recognized his architecture which assumed a linguistic and grammatical character . Palladio 's designs are influenced by Giangiorgio...