PALLADIO AND HIS LEGACY. A TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEY, AN EXIBITION AT THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM., WASHINGTON DC.
Washington DC – Open from September 2, 2010 through January 9, 2011, Palladio and His Legacy: a Transatlantic Journey brings together 31 rare drawings by late Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio from the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects Trust. The exhibition explores the development of Palladio’s design sensibility and his profound influence on architecture in Britain and America.
The drawings featured in the exhibition range from early studies and sketches to presentation drawings of villas and other commissioned works. The drawings include preliminary designs for Palladio’s ground-breaking architectural text I Quattro Libri dell’ Architettura (Four Books on Architecture) and key pattern books that were circulated in Britain and the United States.
The exhibition also highlights Palladio’s enormous impact on the architecture of the United States, most notably through the work and influence of Thomas Jefferson and in designs for monumental buildings in Washington, D.C. This influence is demonstrated by models created and loaned by renowned modelmaker Timothy Richards of Bath, England. The models include Monticello and the Supreme Court of the United States among others.
To complement the exhibition, the National Building Museum will present a variety of public programs addressing Palladio’s influence. For more information, please visit www.nbm.org. An exhibition catalogue published to accompany the exhibition is available for sale in the National Building Museum Shop and online at www.nbmshop.org.
This exhibition is organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects Trust, London, in association with the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza, and is presented in Washington, D.C. in partnership with the National Building Museum.
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“Palladio e la sua eredita’: un viaggio transatlantic “ al National Building Museum
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) e’considerato uno dei piu’ importanti architetti del mondo occidentale. La sua interpretazione dell’architettura romana antica come stile contemporaneo si diffuse in tutta Europa, Gran Bretagna, fino al Nord America, ed i suoi edifici, disegni, e scritti sono diventati pietre miliar idell’architettura.
La mostra “Palladio e la sua eredita’: un viaggio transatlantic “presenta 31 rari disegni di Palladio provenienti dalla splendida collezione del Royal Institute of British Architects Trust. La mostra esamina lo sviluppo della sensibilita’ dei progetti di Palladio attraverso I suoi disegni- che vanno dagli studi e schizzi giovanili ai disegni di presentazione delle ville- ed ai suoi testi di architettura. La mostra include anche dettagliati modelli, creati e prestati dal famoso modellista Timothy Richards, che dimostrano la diffusione delle teorie archittoniche di Palladio in Nord America, attraverso il lavoro e l’influenza di Thomas Jefferson e nei disegni per gli edifici monumentali di Washington, D.C. La mostra e’ aperta dal 2 Settembre 2010 al 9 Gennaio 2011.
(foto courtesy of RIBA)
