Palladio's Influence on Early Baltimore Architecture
Examined
The Palladio-inspired Homewood
House
PHOTO BY JAY VANRENSSELAER
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Homewood
House and Mount Clare museums this week will present
Palladian Baltimore: Builders and Bibliophiles, a one-day
symposium celebrating Andrea Palladio's influence on
Baltimore architecture. The talks will be held from 9:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, beginning on the
Homewood campus and concluding at Mount Clare. The event is
part of Homewood House's Great Architects Lecture
Series.
The architect who most influenced Baltimore's early
buildings did not hail from Baltimore — nor did he
live during the 18th century. Instead, it was Andrea
Palladio, a 16th-century Italian and a man so revered by
late-18th-century carpenters here that their float in the
Constitutional Procession of 1788 featured a painting of
Palladio alongside one of George Washington.
Homewood House is a superb example of a Palladian
building. Its temple-front portico and five-part plan, a
popular home design in early Maryland, are derived from
Palladio's published designs for villas. Charles Carroll
Jr., Homewood's original owner, was a member of the Library
Company of Baltimore, through which he had access to
Palladio's Four Books of Architecture and nearly 20 other
volumes on architecture, many of which followed Palladio's
works.
In the April 1 lectures, architects and scholars will
share their knowledge of Baltimore's Palladian structures,
which include Homewood, Mount Clare Mansion and Hampton
Mansion. Setting the stage for the talks will be an
opportunity to view and discuss The Four Books of
Architecture and other works from the catalog of the
Library Company of Baltimore. A special feature will be a
lecture citing newly published research on Villa Cornaro in
the Veneto region of Italy, one of Palladio's most
influential villas, and a book signing of the recently
published Palladian Days.
Admission to the day's lectures is $25/$10 students;
for reservations and additional information, call Homewood
at 410-516-5589. Seven AIA-CES credits are awarded for the
full program.
Palladian Baltimore: Builders and
Bibliophiles
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Homewood campus; lectures in 101
Remsen
"Palladio in Baltimore: An In-Person Look
at The Four Books and More From the Catalog of the Library
Company," John Buchtel, curator of rare books, JHU
"Palladio's Villa Cornaro," Carl and
Sally Gable, authors of Palladian Days and owners of Villa
Cornaro, Italy
"Architecture as Representation: The
Morris Suite of Baltimore Painted Furniture," Lance
Humphries, independent scholar
"Palladio and the Practical House
Carpenter: Influences on Homewood," Catherine Rogers
Arthur, curator, Homewood House
Palladian Days book signing and
pre-ordered box lunches or attendees' own bag lunch in
Homewood House's wine cellar, followed by carpool travel to
Mount Clare (approximately 30 minutes)
2 to 5 p.m. Mount Clare Museum; lectures in the
stables
"From 'Virtuous Ancients' to Exuberant
Abundance: Architectural Influences at Hampton Hall," Lynne
Dakin Hastings, curator, Hampton National Historic Site
Welcome and Introduction to Mount Clare,
Jane Woltereck, director
"Mount Clare: An Annapolis House in
Baltimore," Peter Pearre, president, Trostel and Pearre,
Architects
Architectural tour of Mount Clare with
Peter Pearre
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