Villa Barbaro (Maser, Italy) : Center wing, close side view of the center balcony and pediment

Creator:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
Veronese, Paolo, 1528-1588

Published/Created:

Strada Comunale Bassanese, Maser, Veneto, Italy
1549-1558

Date Depicted:

5/15/1996
1500 AD - 1699 AD

Materials:

fresco
stone
stucco

Notes:

About 1549 Palladio produced the first designs for the Villa Barbaro in Maser, near Treviso (completed by 1558), which was built on the remains of a medieval castello for Daniele and Marc'Antonio Barbaro, who must have had a significant influence on the design. The main house, projecting far in front of outstretched utility wings surmounted by dovecots, is a pedimented structure inspired by antiquity, with a strong vertical emphasis, and it became one of his most influential villas. The triangular pediment surmounting the entire facade of the house, supported by four giant engaged Ionic columns, is a motif taken from ancient temple design, which Palladio believed had been based on private houses, and it had only rarely been used in Renaissance villa design before this time. Here, the pediment serves primarily to impart dignity, to designate the status of the noble residence. A magnificent series of frescoes by Veronese celebrates rural life, and a nymphaeum, unique in Palladio's work, is set into the hill at the rear of the house on its central axis, a clear indication of the co-existence of practical agricultural factors and idyllic humanist values in villa design.

Variant Titles:

Villa di Maser

Topics:

Architecture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Renaissance

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

1A1-PA-VB-C6

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
villas (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

agriculture; architectural exteriors construction buildings; dwellings; houses; country houses; villas balcony; pediment

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Two

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/15/1996

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10166043

PID:

digcoll:1818902