The Four Books of Architecture offers a compendium of Palladio’s art and of the ancient Roman structures that inspired him.
But of even greater consequence was his remarkable magnum opus, “I Quattro Libri dell’Architettura” translated into every major Western European language in the two centuries following its publication in 1570, it has been one of the most influential books in the history of architecture. The wide spread of Palladianism was due partly to the private and public buildings he constructed in Italy, the designs of which were copied throughout Europe. Palladio, The Four Books of ArchitectureĪndrea Palladio (1508–1580) was one of the most celebrated architects of the Renaissance, so important that the term Palladian has been applied to a particular style of architecture that adheres to classical concepts. BEAUTY will result from the form and correspondence of the whole, with respect to the several parts, of the parts with regard to each other, and of these again to the whole.
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