Andrea Palladio
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Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of the m
Portrait of Palladio by Alessandro Maganza
One of the first works by Palladio, Villa Godi (begun 1537)
Hall of the Muses of the Villa Godi (1537–1542)
Villa Piovene (1539)
I quattro libri dell'architettura is a treatise on architecture by the architect Andrea Palladio, written in Italian. It was first published in four volumes in 1570 in Venice, illustrated with woodcut
Andrea Palladio
…While he designed churches and palaces, he was best known for country houses and villas. His teachings, summarized in the architectural treatise, The Four Books of Architecture, gained him wide recognition. The city of Vicenza, with its 23 buildings designed by Palladio, and his 24 villas in the Veneto are listed by UNESCO as…
Front page of I quattro libri dell'architettura
Chap. VII. Of the Temple of Mars the Avenger, I quattro libri dell'architettura, 1570. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
Chap. XXIII. Of the Temple of Vesta, I quattro libri dell'architettura, 1570. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
Villa Pisani (Bagnolo) in I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura