Revision of the author's thesis, Munich, 1960. / Bibliography: p. 117-118.

Revision of the author's thesis, Munich, 1960. / Bibliography: p. 117-118.

Thesis (M.A.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006. / Prepared for: Dept. of Art History. Bibliography: leaves 106-108. Also available to VCU users online via the Internet.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft--Bochum--Ruhr-Universität, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 287-306. Notes bibliogr.

A presente pesquisa pretende, através da realização de um estudo dos projetos de Andrea Palladio para palácios na cidade de Vicenza, identificar na obra do arquiteto as possíveis implicações advindas das viagens por ele feitas à cidade de Roma. A pesquisa também procura aprofundar o entendimento do processo de projeto do arquiteto, entender quais são as diferenças e as semelhanças de composição entre os projetos dos palácios, entender de que maneira Palladio vê e compõe a cidade, qual a sua relação com um traçado urbano preexistente, já configurado, no qual os edifícios devem ser inseridos. / This research intends to, through the study of Andrea Palladio\'s palaces projects at Vicenza, identify in the architect\'s work, possible implications which came form his trips to Rome. The research also tries to deepen the comprehension of the process of the architect\'s project; to understand compound\'s differences and similarities between the projects of the palaces; to understand how Palladio sees and compounds the city; the relationship between Palladio and a pre-existent urban plan, already shaped, in which buildings must be introduced.

A presente pesquisa pretende, através da realização de um estudo dos projetos de Andrea Palladio para palácios na cidade de Vicenza, identificar na obra do arquiteto as possíveis implicações advindas das viagens por ele feitas à cidade de Roma. A pesquisa também procura aprofundar o entendimento do processo de projeto do arquiteto, entender quais são as diferenças e as semelhanças de composição entre os projetos dos palácios, entender de que maneira Palladio vê e compõe a cidade, qual a sua relação com um traçado urbano preexistente, já configurado, no qual os edifícios devem ser inseridos. / This research intends to, through the study of Andrea Palladio\'s palaces projects at Vicenza, identify in the architect\'s work, possible implications which came form his trips to Rome. The research also tries to deepen the comprehension of the process of the architect\'s project; to understand compound\'s differences and similarities between the projects of the palaces; to understand how Palladio sees and compounds the city; the relationship between Palladio and a pre-existent urban plan, already shaped, in which buildings must be introduced.

This thesis is an investigation and analysis of a classical typology, the Villa, aided by extensive travel and research. The project begins to identify a new found set of guidelines of proportion, planes, points, and the space in between them to understand the forms in which a Villa can take within its landscape. An understanding of the wealth and opulence required to live in one of these Villas broaches the way we begin to think about the amounts of space required to live. A purely hand drawn and produced set of drawings were produced, punctuating deliberate choices in construction and landscape. These abstractions are then brought to fruition through model and painting, breathing life into the ideas that are displayed. / Master of Architecture / This project is a result of the exposure and analysis of the classic typology of the VIlla. An early interest in Palladio, fueled by an incredible and rigorous study abroad program led to research and study into the ways in which a building can have an emotional impact on its inhabitants, and how a building begins to feel connected to its landscape. The thesis developed into a search for order, a way of ordering and arriving at a solution of proportion, points, planes and atria. These aspects then created the Villas, a series of abstracted ideas of an ideal getaway in a vibrant countryside.

Among the finest books in the James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections is a recent acquisition (Fall 2005), the 1768 version of Palladia's Quattro Libri dell' architettura , published by Consul Joseph Smith in Venice. On the basis of present work, one can reconstruct Consul Smith's remarkable role in the history of international architecture. More than a century later, at least three major American Renaissance architectural firms owned no fewer than a total of four copies of the volume.This copy came from James Otis Post (1871-1951), son of the eminent George B. Post, who bought a copy of the Smith Palladio in Venice in 1896. Among other firms that owned the volume were Delano and Aldrich and Lawrence Hall Fowler, both important American Renaissance Firms in their own rights.

Geometry deals with form, shape, and measurement and is a part of mathematics where visual thought is dominant. Both design and construction in architecture deal with visualization, and architects constantly employ geometry. Today, with the advent of computer software, architects can visualize forms that go beyond our everyday experience. Some architects claim that the complex forms of their works have correlations with non-Euclidean geometry, but the space we experience is still Euclidean. Given this context, I have explored possible correlations that might exist between mathematical concepts of geometry and the employment of geometry in architectural design from a historic perspective. The main focus will be to describe the two phenomena historically, and then investigate any connections that might emerge from the discussion. While discussing the way geometry has been approached in architecture, I have focused on the Renaissance, Modern, and Post-modern phases as they have a distinct style and expression. Andrea Palladio, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Frank Gehry's works will be case studies for the Renaissance, Modern, and Post-modern phases respectively. One of the important conclusions of this study is that architects use geometry in a more subconscious and intuitive manner while designing. Certain approaches to geometry can be determined by the way an architect deals with form and space. From the discussions of the works of Palladio, Wright, and Gehry, it can be concluded that from a two-dimensional simple approach to form and space in architecture, there has been a development of thinking about complex forms three dimensionally. Similarly, in mathematics, geometry has developed from a two-dimensional and abstract description of our surroundings to something that can capture the complex and specific nature of a phenomena. It is also shown that architects rarely come up with new concepts of geometry. Significant developments in geometry have always been in the domain of mathematics. Hence, most correlations between geometry in architecture and geometry in mathematics develop much later than the introduction of those concepts of geometry in mathematics. It is also found that the use of Euclidean geometry persists in architecture and that later concepts like non-Euclidean geometry cannot be used in an instrumental manner in architecture.

Alberti e Palladio foram dois dos principais nomes na constituição dos modelos de vilas que caracterizaram o Renascimento italiano. Enquanto Alberti, em seu De re aedificatoria, estabeleceu as bases e a fundamentação teórica sobre o tema, no início do período, Palladio com I Quattro Libri dell\'Architettura, sistematizou um repertório formal que o tornou responsável pela difusão do modelo ao redor do mundo. Tendo-se em vista a importância da contribuição de ambos os autores e considerando que Palladio leu o tratado de Alberti, foi feito um estudo comparativo desses dois modelos de vila, visando detectar suas aproximações e divergências. Partindo-se da exposição do tema no corpo dos tratados e passando pelas definições do termo vila são abordados diversos aspectos da argumentação dos dois autores. Considerando a grande contribuição de Alberti e Palladio no campo da representação gráfica da arquitetura e do processo intelectual de projeto, foi discutida a relação desses dois temas, tanto na composição quanto na apresentação das vilas (especificamente no tratado paladiano). São analisadas ainda, o estabelecimento das hierarquias que são utilizadas na adequação das vilas à classes sociais de seus proprietários, a setorização proposta na organização da vila e da casa de vila e, por fim, a compartimentação desses edifícios. Mesmo considerando que os dois autores leram Vitruvio, de onde poderiam ter surgido diversos pontos que apresentam em comum, deve-se considerar que, para o projeto e a concepção das vilas, o texto de Vitruvio foi de pouca utilidade. Sendo assim, é surpreendente e também reveladora a semelhança que se percebe nas vilas de Alberti e Palladio. Em diversos trechos dos tratados, os discursos são tão próximos que parecem complementares, como também se pode utilizar projetos paladianos para exemplificar indicações teorizadas por Alberti. Esse trabalho não pretende esgotar o argumento, mas verificar a existência de uma relação entre a vila para ambos e, com essa relação mostrando-se tão forte, superaram-se todas as expectativas iniciais. / Alberti and Palladio were two of the leading names in the establishment of models for villas, which characterized the Italian Renaissance. At the beginning of the Renaissance period, Alberti in his De Re Aedificatoria established the foundation and the theoretical background of the subject. Afterward Palladio, in his I Quattro Libri Dell\'Architettura, systematized a set of formal rules that made him responsible for the diffusion of a general model of villa around the world. Bearing in mind the importance of the contribution of both authors and considering that Palladio read Alberti´s treatise, we made a comparative study of these two models of villa, in order to detect their similarities and differences. Several aspects of both authors\' arguments are addressed, starting from the development of the subject in the body of the treaties and including the different definitions of the term villa. Given the important contributions of Alberti and Palladio in the field of graphic representation of architecture and intellectual process of project, the relationship between these two topics was discussed, both in the composition and in the presentation of villas (specifically in the Palladian treaty). Furthermore, we analyzed the establishment of hierarchies used in adapting the villas to the social class of their owners; we investigated the sections proposed for the organization of the villa and, finally, we examined the partitions of these buildings. Although the two authors read Vitruvius, who could have provided them with a common theoretical background, it must be stressed that Vitruvius´s writings were of little use in the conception and project of villas. Therefore, it is surprising and revealing the resemblance noticed in the villas of Alberti and Palladio. In different parts of the treaties, discussions are so close that they seem complementary. Besides, Palladian projects can also be used to exemplify indications theorized by Alberti. The present study does not bring to an end the discussion; instead, it intends to check the existence of a relationship between the ideas of in both authors. We demonstrate that this relationship is actually strong, overcoming all the initial speculations of tight connections.