| agent |
Andrea Palladio (Italian architect, 1508-1580) |
| culturalContext |
Italian |
| date |
1548-1617 (creation) |
| description |
In 1548 Palladio received his first public commission from the town of Vicenza. The
reconstruction of the original loggia surrounding the medieval town hall had collapsed
in 1496, and after gathering proposals for its replacement from many of the well-known
architects of the time, including Jacopo Sansovino, Sebastiano Serlio, Michele Sanmicheli
and Giulio Romano, the town council decided in favour of the design by the local architect
Palladio, thus firmly establishing his reputation.
Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com (accessed 3/26/2009) [description source] |
| inscription |
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| location |
Vicenza, Veneto, Italy [site]
Piazza dei Signori [location note] |
| material |
marble; stone |
| measurements |
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| relation |
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| rights |
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| source |
Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) |
| stateEdition |
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| stylePeriod |
Renaissance |
| subject |
architectural exteriors |
| technique |
construction (assembling) |
| textref |
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| title |
Palazzo della Ragione [cited, true, it]
Loggia of the Palazzo della Ragione [descriptive, false, en]
Basilica [popular, false, it] |
| worktype |
architectural elements; walls; exterior walls; façades; building divisions; rooms
and spaces; exterior covered spaces; loggias; buildings; public buildings; municipal
buildings; city halls
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| image courtesy Archivision |
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