News - July 18, 2008

SU Florence announces fall 2008 inaugural lecture

Palladio

As celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the birth of renowned architect Andrea Palladio take place all over Italy, SUF is pleased to announce that the fall inaugural lecture will be given by a leading expert of Palladio, his work, and his influence: Guido Beltramini, Director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio (CISA Andrea Palladio), in Vicenza.

Palladio's influence was far-reaching. He not only became one of the most important architects of the Venetian Republic, he also powerfully influenced several centuries of European architecture, leading to the birth of a movement called Palladian Architecture. A number of his works are protected as part of the World Heritage Site City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto.

As director of CISA Andrea Palladio, Beltramini has been involved in the organization of a major exhibition to celebrate Palladio’s quincentenary that will present the full range of the work of this exceptional architect and his legacy. The exhibition will open in Vicenza in September 2008, and after moving to London in January 2009, it will close in the United States in Autumn 2009 at the National Gallery in Washington D.C., just around the corner from a most Palladian building—the White House.

The lecture, organized by SUF and the SUF School of Architecture, will take place on Wednesday, October 1, at 6:20 pm.