posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
About 1534, Sanmicheli was commissioned to redevelop the frontal section of the Palazzo Bevilacqua in Verona, an enormous medieval complex facing on to the present Corso Cavour. The fa\u00E7ade, which was the first in Verona to be faced entirely in stone, is one of the most spectacular and rhythmically complex of the period. The arched bays of the rusticated lower storey alternate in width and are divided by banded Doric pilasters that support an entablature, with triglyphs ingeniously made into corbels to support a continuous balcony, an idea derived from Baldassare Peruzzi or Serlio. The outlandish piano nobile above is close in composition to that of Sansovino's elaborate design for the Scuola della Misericordia (1531), Venice.
History
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-07-03
Spatial Coverage
Verona|+45.440912+10.992157|Verona, Veneto, Italy
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Rights Statement
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