Summer Lecture Series 2008
Wednesday, June 11 – Palladio: The Early Villas
The villas that the sixteenth century architect, Andrea Palladio, designed around Vicenza were masterpieces of inventiveness. David Garred Lowe’s illustrated lecture will reveal how the villas, among them Poiano, Cornaro, and Pisani, revolutionized domestic architecture and were the genesis of the classical house.
SOLD OUT! Wednesday, June 25 – Palladio: Between Theory and Tradition
Palladio was unquestionably the most influential architect in history; our understanding of his work is often seen through the architecture of his followers, from the contemporaneous, right down to those of the last century. This history has imbued Palladio’s architecture with qualities and perceptions which he did not intend; because of this the true nature of his genius has been clouded. Richard F. Sammons’s lecture will retrace Palladio’s design methodology: his use and understanding of proportion, and the competing influences of both the Antique and the Venetian Building Tradition. In addition, the lecture will consider how the vernacular has informed the various periods of Palladianism throughout history and in its application in diverse regions of the world.
SOLD OUT! Wednesday, July 9 – Palladio and Painting
Palladio’s remarkable achievement comes into sharper focus when one considers three of its distinctive intersections with the art of painting: What paintings were found in his buildings? How were his creations depicted by painters? And how have his principles informed painters working in Italy, Britain, France, America, and elsewhere? Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, asserts that Palladio’s legacy in this regard is generally one of continuity. His lecture will reveal surprising disjunctures, too.
Wednesday, July 16 – Palladio’s Villas: The Development of an Ideal
Villas constituted the largest and most novel part of Andrea Palladio’s practice as an architect. His working life coincided with a boom in agricultural investment in the Venetian mainland, and The Art Institute of Chicago’s Curator Bruce Boucher’s lecture will trace the development of Palladio’s ideas from simple, working farm houses to more ambitious projects reflecting the impact of classical architecture on his imagination.
The ICA&CA is pleased to present the 2008 Summer Lecture Series at the New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70th Street. Lectures begin promptly at 6:00 pm. Admission is FREE to ICA&CA members, employees of Professional members and NYSID students and faculty; $15 per lecture general admission, $50 for the full series. To reserve or join, please call (212) 730-9646, ext. 106 or email sd@classicist.org. Attendees seeking AIA/CES LUs units (1 HSW AIA/CES LUs per lecture) are liable for a one-time $40 unit processing and registration fee ($25 Members). Please register with Academic Programs by calling (212) 730-9646, ext. 101 or emailing la@classicist.org.
The 2008 Summer Lecture Series is generously sponsored by:
Peter Cosola, Inc.
P.E. Guerin, Inc.
Michael Simon Interiors, Inc.
Hammersmith Studios
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.