Sonnabend Gallery : Lawrence Beck - Italian Gardens

Italian Gardens - Lawrence Beck. Italian sun worshipping at Sonnabend Gallery, New York

Lawrence Beck's newest work is inspired by renaissance star architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). The first professional architect in his own regard, Andrea only worked as an architect and nothing else.

Andrea was the founder of Palladianism (named after himself) and exerted a great influence on architecture in Western and Northern Europe (which owes a lot to 'classicism). Eventually, his influence could even be felt in Great Britain and...