Unidentified Botanical Specimen from the Villa Capra "La Rotunda"
Flora Specimen. (unidentified) Collected front exterior stairs of Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (Villa Almerico-Capra). Vicenza, Italy. ca. 1980s, c.e.
The Villa; Architecture
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (Villa Almerico-Capra) is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by [Andrea Palladio].
Palladio classed the building as a "palazzo" rather than a villa. Its overall plan, as well as all of its individual rooms were proportioned with mathematical precision according to Palladio's own rules of architecture which he published in the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura.[1]
Perhaps due to these proportions, but more likely due to its stylistic unity and the excellence of both details and massing, this building became one of the most inspirational architectural prototypes for the next five hundred years.
Biographical Material
Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 – August 19, 1580), was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture.
—From the Collection of the Chadbourne Thaumaturgium
