Description
Book SynopsisThis book shows through historical data, diagrams and drawings, the design system of an Italian historic center, that of Vicenza, Italy. Vicenza is the result of an urban construction process that has as its model the invention of the Palladian design system. The main argument is how the architectural vision of Andrea Palladio shaped Vincenza to the city it is today. Vicenza is an example of a collective dream, an expression of the best Renaissance artistic culture, a classic example that a city can reform itself through intellectual activity.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Architect of the city
The World's Most Productive ArchitectThe Cities of PalladioA new language for the architecture of the cityThe people of VicenzaA city of gentlemenThe city as scenography
Chapter 2 - The Gothic Vicenza. An empty city full of Palaces
Population and urban dimensions in mediaeval VenetoThe industrial cityFilling up VicenzaThe City of Palaces
Chapter 3 - Andrea Palladio's Method and Work
The search for a new visual identity for the cityThe architect-director of the new cityBays as a trigger for building the cityThe bays of the Palazzo della Ragione The advantages of the bay-module and Palladio's referencesPiecemeal Planning in Palladio's work
Chapter 4 - Vicenza after Palladio
The other PalladiosContemporary VicenzaThe Design of the WorldPalladio Legacy
