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Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey
April 2 – August 1, 2010
Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey features thirty-one original Palladio drawings from the Royal Institute of British Architects. These exquisite drawings, which were exhibited only once before in America and never in New York, will be on view to the public for the first time in over thirty years. They are being presented with rare architectural texts to illustrate the journey from Italy to North America of Palladio’s design principles of proportion, harmony, and beauty.
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets), New York, NY 10016
The exhibition is organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects Trust, London, in association with the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza, and The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Models by Timothy Richards.
The exhibition is made possible by the generous support of the Regione del Veneto, Dainese, RIBA Library Trust Fund, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, British Architectural Library Trust, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Center for Palladian Studies in America, William T. Kemper Foundation, and Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation.
Related public programs at the Morgan are supported in part by the Italian Cultural Institute, New York.
Read about the Institute’s Year of Palladio 1508 – 2008 celebration here.
Image credit: Andrea Palladio, Measured drawing of the Arch of Jupiter Ammon, Verona, ca. 1540. RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections.