CHF Chicago Humanities Festival

Lecture

  • E-Mail
    (e.g. amandasmith@gmail.com)

    (Please separate multiple email addresses with commas.)

    (You may use or edit the message above.)

  • PRINT

  • Share

  • TEXT SIZE

Witold Rybczynski: The Perfect Houses of Andrea Palladio

 Launch Media

ABOUT 

  • ABOUT Witold Rybczynski

    Witold Rybczynski is currently the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also co-edits the Wharton Real Estate Review. Rybczynski has designed and built houses as a registered architect, as well as doing practical experiments in low-cost housing, which took him to Mexico, Nigeria, India, the Philippines, and China. Profile
Click next to learn more...

1 of 1

Recorded on November 6, 2005.

The professor of urbanism at the U. of Pennsylvania’s School of Design discusses the Renaissance master who influenced architects from Jefferson to the present day. Rybczynski is the author of several books and frequently contributes to such publications as The New York Times and Atlantic Monthly.

Learn More

  • leaders & thinkers

    Leon Battista Alberti Translated profile of the classic Renaissance Man from Giorgio Vasari's classic work.
    Filippo Brunelleschi Includes gallery of works from the most prominent architect of the Renaissance.

  • good reads

    Palladio in BritainThe Royal Institute of British Architects library devoted to Palladio’s Influence in Britain.
    The New WorldTimeline chronicling British Palladianism’s introduction in America

  • online resources

    La Biennale di Venezia Architecture page of the official La Biennale di Venezia festival
    Ruskin vs. PalladioBattle of Titans: was Palladio just a hidebound traditionalist who buried the inspiration of European Gothic in ancient rules?
    The GodfatherExplore a slide show of Palladio’s Influence on American Architecture.

Similar Programs

Panel

Seminal Notions The Idea and Practice of Perspective

Twins Trevor and Ryan Oakes discuss how their take on perspective influenced a groundbreaking art method. Art professor and author Jonathan Crary follows up by summarizing perspective in art, while placing a historical context to the Trevor and Ryan’s work.

high-speed rail

Panel

The GO TO 2040 Plan Bold Innovations for a Better Chicago

How will metropolitan Chicago look by the year 2040—and how should it look? In the tradition of Daniel Burnham, expert panelists elucidate the ways in which growth patterns and regional prosperity could be ameliorated through better planning.

Support CHF - Donate Now

Festival Sponsors

© Copyright 2012 Chicago Humanities Festival