Palladianism
パッラーディオ主義 / 1550s– / 17th–18th century revival / Style / Historical Styles
The villa formula Palladio distilled from Roman antiquity — proportion, temple front, strict symmetry — spread through his Four Books to Britain and America, becoming the archetypal 'correct face' of public architecture.
Temple-front portico / Strict symmetry / Plans from proportion / Central dome
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- The Four Books of Architecture, 1570 / Inigo Jones / Anglo-American Palladianism