The Academy Art Museum is pleased to announce the formation of a lecture series to stimulate and enhance our membership and communtiy through a variety of distinguished speakers.
Villa Rotunda
“The Architecture of A. Palladio,”
1715-20 |
Palladio and His American
Legacy
Friday, March 9, 2012, at
6:00 pm
Speaker:
Warren Cox
Andrea Palladio (1508 – 1580) was the most influential architect of the
Italian Renaissance. Through his buildings, drawings and especially his
treatise, "The Four Books on Architecture", he inspired generations of
architects and builders.
In this illustrated lecture, Warren Cox will introduce
Palladio, his works, and his times. He will then discuss Palladio’s
influence in England and the New World through key figures like Inigo
Jones, Lord Burlington and their followers. He will conclude with an
examination of Palladianism in America, especially in the buildings of the
Virginia Tidewater and the Eastern Shore. |
