| agent |
after Andrea Palladio (Italian architect, 1508-1580); Ottavio Bertotti-Scamozzi
(Italian author and draftsman, 1719-1790)
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| culturalContext |
Italian |
| date |
1796 (publication) |
| description |
[Physical descrip: 4 v. : ill., plans; 24 cm. Edition source: University of Toronto
Libraries] In 1776 Bertotti Scamozzi published the first volume of Le fabbriche e
i disegni di Andrea Palladio raccolti e illustrati. The idea of producing a luxurious
edition of Palladio's works for an international, especially English, market began
in 1770, when Pietro Edwards first discussed it with Bertotti Scamozzi, the scholar
Antonio Locatelli and probably also the collector and patron John Stuart, 3rd Earl
of Bute. The aim of the project was to clarify Palladio's ideas for his admirers and
imitators, to solve problems of attribution and reconstruction of incomplete or destroyed
works, and to resolve the question of the difference between Palladio's completed
buildings and those shown in the plates of his treatise I quattro libri. Bertotti
Scamozzi erroneously viewed the drawings in I quattro libri as plans representing
Palladio's original wishes. He therefore undertook a philological analysis aiming
to restore the 'old' Palladio: he collated all the editions of I quattro libri, comparing
the designs shown in those plates that he considered most reliable and consistently
Palladian with the corresponding buildings and noting the differences in execution.
The results of his work were recorded in the drawings published in Le fabbriche.
Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com (accessed 3/24/2009) [description source] |
| inscription |
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| location |
Vicenza, Veneto, Italy [publication]
Publisher; Giovanni Rossi [location note] |
| material |
ink on paper |
| measurements |
24 cm (height) |
| relation |
depicts Palazzo della Ragione [Core 4 Sample Database, refid="11" relids="w_15"] |
| rights |
publicDomain
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| source |
Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) |
| stateEdition |
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| stylePeriod |
Eighteenth century; Palladian |
| subject |
architectural exteriors; architectural interiors; architectural drawings; Palladio,
Andrea, 1508-1580
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| technique |
engraving (printing process); offset printing |
| textref |
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| title |
Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio [cited, true, it]
Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio / raccolti ed illustrati da Ottavio Bertotti
Scamozzi, opera divisa in quattro tomi con tavole in rame, rappresentanti le piante,
i prospetti, e gli spaccata. [cited, false, it]
Works and designs of Andrea Palladio [translated, false, en] |
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books |
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[refid 109]
Details, Palazzo della Ragione (plate T XXXI) |
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[refid 110]
Section, Palazzo della Ragione (plate T XXX) |
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[refid 111]
Palazzo Vicentino; plan |
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[refid 118]
Elevation, Palazzo della Ragione |
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