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Architecture and Music in Palladio’s churches

27 Feb 2009

Deborah Howard, Professor of Architectural History, Cambridge University, and scholar on Venetian art and architecture, discusses the degree to which Palladio and other Venetian architects understood the subtleties of acoustics, and how they applied them to the designs of their churches.

Reynolds Room; 6.30-7.30pm; £14/£6* (includes lecture, exhibition entry and a drink), £10 (includes lecture and a drink)

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Model of the church of the Redentore, Venice, 1972. Lime and beechwood with bisque details, 152 x 241 x 87 cm Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza. Photo Alberto Carolo

Malcolm McLaren, Still from ‘Shallow', 2008. Courtesy Aurel Scheibler, Berlin. Copyright Malcolm McLaren

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art