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By Andrea Palladio,Adolf K. Placzek

ISBN-10: 0486213080

ISBN-13: 9780486213088

Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) used to be probably the most celebrated architects of the Renaissance, so vital that the time period Palladian has been utilized to a selected type of structure that clings to classical recommendations. The huge unfold of Palladianism used to be due in part to the personal and public structures he built in Italy, the designs of which have been copied all through Europe. yet of even larger outcome was once his amazing magnum opus, "I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura"; translated into each significant Western eu language within the centuries following its book in 1570, it's been the most influential books within the background of structure.
The 4 Books of Architecture bargains a compendium of Palladio's paintings and of the traditional Roman constructions that encouraged him. the 1st e-book is dedicated to development fabrics and strategies and the 5 orders of structure: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. Palladio exhibits the attribute positive factors of every order and offers illustrations of assorted architectural information. the second one ebook bargains with deepest homes and mansions, just about all of Palladio's personal layout. proven and defined are lots of his villas in and close to Venice and Vicenza (including the well-known Villa Capra, or "The Rotunda," the Thiene Palace, and the Valmarana Palace). every one plate supplies a entrance view drawing of the construction and the final flooring plan. The 3rd publication is worried with streets, bridges, piazzas, and basilicas, so much of that are of old Roman starting place. within the Fourth e-book, Palladio reproduces the designs of a couple of old Roman temples. Plates fifty one to 60 are plans and architectural sketches of the Pantheon.
In all, the textual content is illustrated by way of over 2 hundred magnificently engraved plates, displaying edifices, both of Palladio's personal layout or reconstructed (in those drawings) by means of him from classical ruins and modern bills.
All the unique plates are reproduced during this new single-volume version in complete measurement and in transparent, sharp element. this can be a republication of the Isaac Ware English version of 1738. devoted and actual within the translation and in its replica of the beautiful unique engravings, it has lengthy been a unprecedented, sought-after paintings. This version makes The 4 Books to be had for the 1st time in additional than two hundred years to the English-speaking public.

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