Villa Rotonda

 

The Villa Rotondas can be found around the Italian countryside. They were designed by Palladio and commissioned by the wealthy in order to escape the hot Italian sun. Its floor plan follows the Greek Cross like Galla Placidia. It’s a classical Renaissance building because of the use balance, harmony, and logic from the renaissance. It has classical Greco-Roman conventions which consist of the triangular pediment, the Ionic order the balance with the inclusion of the circular dome and the equal rectangular sides. Palladio’s Villa Rotonda influenced many buildings to come, such as the Kent House. He also influenced Jefferson’s Monticello.

I chose these buildings for my art collection project because they symbolize the Renaissance conventions, which are balance, harmony, and the inclusion of the square and circle. I also liked it because of the Greco-Roman conventions and the acrotarians on the roof. The building is clean and simple but still extremely precise.