Most people have heard of the famous artists such a Picasso, Michelangelo, and Monet. Today, the Royal Academy of Arts is honoring a lesser heard of artist, Andrea Palladio. According to the artdaily.com, the Royal Academy of Arts are holding the first exhibit since 30 years, devoted to Andrea Palladio, to celebrate the quincentenary of his birth.
Andrea Palladio lived from 1508-1580. He is known as one of the greatest architects. His famous works includes public buildings and churches, but it was his home town's construction of palaces and country villas that has left a lasting impression and influenced generations of European and American architects to come. His fame, however, is not only due to his buildings, it is also attributed to his four book or architecture. These books illustrated the basic grammar and vocabulary of architecture, his built and un-built projects, and his reconstruction of classical buildings.
According to the artdaily.org, the "architects' architect as Padillo has been called, has created a language which "answered the practical and social needs of his time and those of later centuries." This exhibition will follow his life's work. It will explore new aspects of Palladio's work. The exhibit will show how Palladio's system of work has influence other works from other countries beyond Veneto region. The exhibition is being curated by Guido Beltramini, Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza, and Howard Burns, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa with Charles Hind and Irena Murray from the Royal Institute of British Architects and MaryAnne Stevens, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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