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SUMMARY:Palladio’s Palazzo Della Torre\, Verona\, 1551 - Professor Lione
 l March\, Emeritus Professor in Design and Computation\, University of Cal
 ifornia\, Los Angeles
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CONTACT:Villian Lo
DESCRIPTION:Rudolf Wittkower’s Architectural Principles in the Age of Hu
 manism (1949) became a landmark work in proportional practices in the 15-1
 6th centuries\, particularly the writings and works of Alberti (1404-1472)
  and Palladio (1508-1580).\nAlberti was known for his mathematical abiliti
 es. It is odd that his most revealing comment on proportions appropriate f
 or building tends to be ignored in favor of his rehearsal of music theory.
  In a significant section on proportion\, he remarks on the appropriatenes
 s of geometric measures\, especially the correspondentae innatae of the cu
 be. Alberti encourages the use of radices et potentae such as square roots
 \, cube roots\, squares and cubes. Palladio\, too\, was cited by a contemp
 orary as having “much inclination for mathematics”. An analysis of the
  Palazzo Della Torre shows that Palladio made masterly use of the cube’s
  correspondentae innatae. He invoked the classical Delian problem involvin
 g the cube root of two. Palladio’s room proportions in length\, breadth 
 and height bear remarkable parallels with trends towards equal temperament
  in the music world at the time.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture
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