Andrea Di Pietro Della Gondola - 1442 Words

The Renaissance produced one of the most influential figures with great skill and craftsmanship. Andrea Di Pietro della Gondola known as Andrea Palladio born in November 8, 1508 in Padua was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance architecture. At age thirteen Palladio was a stone cutter and then moved nearby Venice. During his training in the Northern Italy in Vicenza in 1524, Palladio was trained as a stonemason and later on his patron, Giangiorgio Trissino, granted Palladio an opportunity to study the Ancient architecture in Rome where he was influenced by the Roman and Greek architecture. After his returned Venice and his connection between people he was name Proto della Serenissima means the Chef architect of the Republic of Venice and around 1541 Palladio began to developed his own style which became a success in the America. Since his returned from his study in Rome, Palladio had been throughout the city of Vicenza where he almost completely restore and reconstructed the Vicenza’s city. In 1554, Palladio published a guidebook Le antichita di Roma. During his time in Venice, Palladio began his first architecture in 1560 of the Monastery of S. Giorgio Maggiore and completed in 1562 where he continued his work and reconstructed the Church of S. Giorgio Maggiopre in 1607 and completed in 1610. With the big influence of the Roman and Greek architecture and his connection, Palladio became well known and began his architecture in 1541, called The PalladianShow MoreRelatedAndre The Last Of The Great Humanist Architects1351 Words   |  6 Pagesmost important of all, Andrea Palladio. Widely regarded as the most influential and famous architect in the Western world, Andrea Palladio was â€Å"the last of the great Humanist architects† (Trachtenburg, 2002, p. 311). Since it is impossible to encompass all of Palladio’s accomplishments in one single essay, this paper will aim to give a detailed overview of Andrea’s early life, influences, greatest works, and his Palladian following. Originally born Andrea Di Pietro della Gondola in Padua, Italy, Palladio