Chiswick House (London, England) : East elevation Corinthian portico, showing the vermiculated rusticated base or podium upon which the portico and house sits
- Creator:
- Boyle, Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington, 1694-1753
Kent, William, 1684 or 1685-1748 - Published/Created:
- c. 12 km west of central London in Chiswick, borough of Hounslow, London, England, United Kingdom
1725-1729 - Date Depicted:
- 5/26/2007
1700 AD - 1799 AD - Materials:
- stone
stucco - Notes:
- In 1719 Burlington once more visited Italy, including the Veneto, in order to see buildings by Palladio at first hand, and in 1725 he began building a Palladian villa to his own designs, next to his Jacobean house. It was intended for occasional use, providing rooms for concerts and entertainments, and as a repository for Burlington’s extensive collection of pictures and architectural drawings. It was a centralized structure on a square plan, inspired by Palladio’s Villa Rotonda near Vicenza, and Burlington drew on a variety of sources for its design. Palladio’s Villa Foscari at Malcontenta di Mira, near Venice, was the source for the hexastyle entrance portico on its high, rusticated podium and for the complex double staircase leading up to it, though this was modified from the original form. Vincenzo Scamozzi’s Rocca Pisani, near Lonigo provided the idea for the side elevations pierced by a single Venetian window or Serliana, while the garden façade, facing north-west, consisting of three Serlianas set within relieved arches, was inspired by a drawing attributed to Palladio in Burlington’s collection. This characteristic Burlington motif of the Venetian window set in an arched recess is first seen at Chiswick. The internal arrangement of rooms was indebted to Palladio’s studies of Roman baths. Kent was responsible for the interior decoration of the villa.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Britain -- 18th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Eighteenth century
Palladian - Culture:
- British
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-E-L-CH-1-B5
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; decorative arts; Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580 construction buildings; dwellings; houses; country houses; villas ornamentation
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Four
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
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5/26/2007 - 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:
- 10106023
- PID:
- digcoll:1864660