Contents
OVERVIEW
Palladio, theory and practice
Exploring the villas from the air
Traces
Indicators and predecessors
Interpretations and research questions
THE RE-CREATION OF THE VENETIAN TERRAFERMA
State intervention
Drainage and reclamation
Low land and high water
High land and low water
The re-creation of the Venetian terraferma
TEN SELECETED VILLAS
Villa Godi: Recomposing the landsacape
Villa Saraceno: Breathing in the landscape
Villa Pisani in Bagnolo: The jump across the river
Villa Poiana: Broad composition
Villa Badoer: Separation and embrace
Villa Foscari: "In splendid isolation"
Villa Cornaro: Long sightlines
Villa Barbaro: Water machine at the foot of the mountains
Villa Emo: A focal point in an agricultural landscape
Villa Rotonda: All-round symmetry and different on all sides
THE AGRICULTURAL VILLA AS MODEL FARM
The laws of architecture
A paradoxical problem
The residence
The coperto, or farm buildings
The farmyard
Variations on the model
The essence of the model
Plan development in three directions
Spatial synthesis
THE VILLA IN A PRODUCTION LANDSCAPE
Framing
The agricultural domain and parcellation
Buildings and artefacts
Beacons in the landscape
The secret of Palladian staging
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Gerrit Smienk: Niederländischer Landschaftsarchitekt und Autor, der an der TU Delft, der Academy of Archietcture in Amsterdam und dem Berlage Institut lehrte. Zahlreiche Publikationen, u.a. "Italian Villas and Gardens" mit P. van der Ree und C. Steenbergen beim Prestel Verlag, 1992.
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