ARCH 2315 Architecture of the 18th, 19th, & 20th Centuries 1
Lecture 5 Thursday, January 24 Tuesday, January 29 Thursday, January 31
Neo-Palladianism in England and America, Text: 377-85
Terms, Concepts, & Institutions: Palladianism http://www.bartleby.com/65/pa/Palladio.html Neo-Palladianism http://www.bartleby.com/65/ge/Georgn-ar.html Tory http://www.bartleby.com/65/to/Tory.html Whig http://www.bartleby.com/65/wh/Whig.html Capitalism http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/capitali.html Colonialism http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/coloniza.html Slavery http://www.bartleby.com/65/sl/slavery.html Mercantilism http://www.bartleby.com/65/me/mercanti.html Consumerism http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/consumpt.html The Villa and its Ideology Pattern Book Grand Tour Treatise Society of Dilettanti (see below) “Architecture as a Language” Gentry Gentleman
Architects, Builders, Buildings and Books: Villa Rotunda, 1550, Vicenza, Italy, Andrea Palladio (1508-80) Queen’s House, 1638, near London, Inigo Jones (1573-1652) Blenheim Palace, 1705-22, Woodstock, England, Sir John Vanbrugh Chiswick House, 1725, near London, Richard Boyle, 3rd Lord Burlington (1694-1753) Assembly Rooms, 1730, York, England, Richard Boyle, 3rd Lord Burlington Holkham Hall, 1734, Norfolk, England, William Kent (1685-1748) with Burlington Mount Airy, 1755, Richmond County, Virginia, John Arris, master-builder Brandon, 1765, Prince George County, Virginia Drayton Hall, 1738-42, Charleston, South Carolina Redwood Library, 1748, Newport, Rhode Island, Peter Harrison (1716-75) Touro Synagogue, 1762, Newport, Rhode Island, Peter Harrison Mount Vernon, 1755-77, near Washington, DC
Books: “Quatro Libri,” 1570, Andrea Palladio (1508-80) “Four Books,” 1716, English translation of James Leoni, (1686-1746) “The Designs of Inigo Jones,” 1727, William Kent (1685-1748) “Vitruvius Britannicus,” 1715, Colen Campbell (d. 1729) “Practical Architecture,” 1720, William Halfpenny (d. 1775) “A Book of Achitecture,” 1728, James Gibbs (1682-1754) “The City & Country Builder’s and Workman’s Treasury of Designs” (“Treasury”), 1740, Batty Langley (1696-1751). Langley also published 20 other pattern books “Rural Architecture,” 1750 and “Select Architecture,” 1757, Robert Morris (1701-54)
DILETTANTE, an Italian word for one who delights in the fine arts, especially in music and painting. From the Latin delectare, to delight and refers to an amateur as opposed to a professional cultivation of the arts. Often used in a depreciatory sense for one who is only a dabbler, or who has only a superficial knowledge or interest in art. The Dilettanti Society founded in 1733-1734 still exists in England.