Architecture. Accademia Galleries
Part 1 of the photo tour through the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice: the architecture of the building complex.
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Around 1560 Andrea Palladio (one of the most important architects of the Renaissance) was commissioned with a grand project for the monastery of the Canonici Lateranensi. The realization of this grandiose design, inspired by his study of ancient Roman houses, came to a halt as early as 1569 after the completion of the cloister and atrium.
After a fire destroyed much of the Palladio building in 1630, its remains were incorporated into later alterations and additions. These include the oval staircase (scala ovata) of cantilevered marble slabs (see the next page), the sacristy designed as a "tablinum," and the great wall of the cloister with three orders one above the other (on the photo).
© Photo, summary: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Part 1 of the photo tour through the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice: the architecture of the building complex.
From Latin tabula, "board." In the ancient Roman house, a room adjoining the atrium, usually on the side opposite the entrance. The entire front opens to the atrium and could be screened with curtains or wooden doors. Often the back wall was also open or had large windows. Originally it was the master bedroom, but later became the main office and reception room of the master of the house.