Palladio and His Legacy

02.04.2010 - 01.08.2010

The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue New York, USA

Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey features thirty-one original Palladio drawings from the Royal Institute of British Architects. These exquisite drawings, which were exhibited only once before in America and never in New York, will be on view to the public for the first time in over thirty years. They are being presented with rare architectural texts to illustrate the journey from Italy to North America of Palladio s design principles of proportion, harmony, and beauty.

Palladio s work has significantly impacted American architecture from colonial times to the present day. Focusing on the artist s original drawings and following the trajectory of his ideas, the show also traces the story of American Palladianism. The drawings are supported by numerous architectural models. Three large examples?the Pantheon, Villa Rotunda, and Jefferson s unrealized design for the White House?programmatically illustrate the journey from Rome to America. Smaller models along with rare architectural texts and pattern books, through which Palladio s ideas were primarily transmitted, reinforce the themes of the exhibition.

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