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Villa and Palace in the Venetian Renaissance: The Palladian House Between Country and City

by Johanna D. Heinrichs

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A Palladian residence between country and city

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A Palladian residence between country and city

Johanna D. Heinrichs examines Andrea Palladio’s Villa Pisani at Montagnana through its unusual blend of villa and palace forms. The study considers the building’s original setting and uses alongside the interests of its patron, Francesco Pisani, and argues that the villa served as his principal residence. Drawing on original documents and visual sources, Heinrichs uses this single building to explore broader questions about Renaissance residential architecture and Palladio’s theory and practice. Photographs, plans, maps, and digital reconstructions support the analysis, giving the book both a focused case study and a wider architectural context.

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  • Readers studying Palladio, Renaissance architecture, or historic residential buildings
  • Architecture scholars and students interested in microhistory and visual or documentary research

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Palladian architectureVilla and palace formsRenaissance domestic lifeArchitectural patronageMicrohistory

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Book overview

Designed by Andrea Palladio, the Villa Pisani at Montagnana was the country residence of a Venetian nobleman, Francesco Pisani. Unusually, its design combines features of both villa and palace architecture, and it challenges the conventional view of a villa as subsidiary to the urban palace, the true seat of an elite family. In this book, Johanna D. Heinrichs offers the first comprehensive study of the Villa Pisani, providing a critical analysis of Palladio's hybrid design, the villa's original setting and uses, and the preoccupations of its patron. Heinrichs argues that the Villa Pisani served as the owner's principal residence. She also shows how a microhistorical approach can provide new insights about a familiar Renaissance building type and about the theory and practice of a canonical architect. Based on scrutiny of original documents and visual sources, Heinrichs's study is supported by a rich illustration program composed of photographs, plans, maps, and digital reconstructions.
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