History of Venetian Plasters

Ancient polished plaster, commonly known as Venetian Plaster, Marmorino or Stucco Veneziano has been a decorative material since around 900 BC. Used by ancient Egyptians in architectural spaces it was a product known for its durability and anti mold-mildew properties. It was around 17th century that famous Italian architect Andrea Palladio has brought this plaster back to use after centuries of forgotten construction and architecture development. Using it widely in Venice and surrounding it become know again as Venetian Plaster, Marmorino Venetian Plaster and Stucco Veneziano.




Andrea Palladio 1508-1580
One of the most influential European architects and originator of the Palladian style of neo-classical houses and villas, Venetian Plasters and other Lime Plasters. His facades and exteriors have gained great respect, combining classical lines with Renaissance simplicity, but much of his skill lay in interior planning, which produced buildings which not only please the eye, but also allow the owners to use the space very effectively, and with great concern for anti mold-mildew architecture in sea level Venice.

His most famous works are the villas in and around Vicenza and Venice, in Italy, but other notable works include three magnificent churches in Venice: San Giorgio Maggiore, Il Redentore and Santa Maria della Presentazione, "Le Zitelle". In architectural terms, he spans the gap between the high Renaissance and Baroque.

His work was a major influence on Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren and other British architects, who pioneered the Georgian style of architecture
Andrea Palladio was born November 30, 1508, in Padua, Italy. His original name of Andrea di Pietro dalla Gondola, was changed to Palladio when, in his late 20s, he began studying under the Italian poet Giangiorgio Trissino, Under Trissino, Palladio visited Rome, and studied the antiquities there, studying the works of the Roman architect Vitruvius with special care.

BY 1540, Palladio was working on a number of villas around the Vicenza area, ten years later, he was designing villas for the wealthy merchants of Venice, and in 1560 the rulers of Venice commissioned him to complete the refectory for the Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore. Palladio completed his best-known buildings in Venice, with the three magnificent churches mentioned above.

In 1554, just a hundred years after the invention of movable type, Palladio wrote and had published his first major book, the Antiquities of Rome, which became the prime reference work until well into the 18th century.

IN 1570, he published Quattro Libri dell'Architettura translated as "The Four Books of Architecture", 1571. This was, and remains his great contribution to modern architectural literature. It is still in print to day and has become one of the classic texts for architects around the world.
Palladio died in Vicenza in 1580

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