CCR199H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sassano, Stonemasonry, Loggia
13 Apr 2018
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Worked as a stonecutter for batolomeo cavazza da sassano. Moved to vinceza in 1524 and worked as an assistant in pedmuro studios leading workshop in stonecutters and masons. Communicated place in social order of their culture. Villas built with three floors: basement or ground floor, piano noble, mezzanine floor. If on a hill, facades designed of qual value so occupants have a view in every direction: porti(cid:272)os . Facades: face of building that looks onto street. Portico: porch leading to the entrance of a building with a roof supported by colums or enclosed by walls. Loggia: gallery or balcony like a structure on. Higher floor supported by a series of columns with one or more open sides. Sometimes palladio had buildings with a double loggia. Villas for venetian aristocracy: design based on practicality, combined stand-alone farm outbuilding onto single structure, strong centre and symmetrical wings, landscape paintings covered various walls.
