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Palladio set down a standard for architecturethat has survived the ages and inspiredgenerations in every corner of the world

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English /// 10-21-2008 CHICAGO -- To celebrate the 500th anniversary of thebirth of Andrea Palladio, the Italian Cultural Institute ofChicago will join forces with the Istituto Ville Venete foran exhibition on Palladio, the most important figure inthe history of Western architecture.Andrea Palladio was born in Padua in 1508 and his firstdesigns date from the 1540s. For more than forty years,Palladio set down a standard for architecture that hassurvived the ages and inspired generations in everycorner of the world. Although his work is limited to theVeneto, Palladio’s churches, palaces, and above all hissignature villas represent the very ideal of classicism. Hisremarkable buildings—Villa Capra, Villa Badoer, Villa

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Barbaro, the Church of the Redeemer, the OlympicTheater (the first freestanding covered theater), to namebut a few—embody a style that is admired and imitatedto this day. In the US in particular, the importance ofPalladio’s civic architecture is exemplified by the veryseat of national power, the White House. The exhibit willalso focus on Palladio the scholar, author of fourvolumes on architecture published in Venice in 1570 anda standard reference for anyway interested inunderstanding his theories. He also published an editionof Vitruvius’s De architectura, complete with his ownextraordinary illustrations.To mark this auspicious occasion, the Institute willorganize a roundtable of architectural historians andmuseum curators from Chicago. The Institute will alsomake available to the public audiovisual materials thathelp deepen our understanding of Palladio’s work andinfluence.

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Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - Friday, January 09,2009

Hours: OPENING EXHIBITION 6.00 PM/Hours 9-1 2-5

Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago

Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago

In collaboration with: Istituto Ville Venete

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