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  Palladian Days: Finding a New Life in a Venetian Country House

  by Sally Gable, Carl I. Gable

  “ Palladian Days is nothing short of wonderful–part adventure, mystery, history, diary, and even cookbook. The Gables’ lively account captures the excitement of their acquisition and restoration of one of the greatest houses in Italy. Beguiled by Palladio and the town of Piombino Dese, they trace the history of the Villa Cornaro and their absorption of Italian life. Bravo!” –Susan R. Stein, Gilder Curator and... (more)
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  Palladio

  by Guido Beltramini, Howard Burns

  Although the sixteenth-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) designed many classically inspired buildings, he is best known for his landmark treatise on architecture, I Quattro Libri dell’Architettura (1570). The work remains influential today, and resulted in a revival of Palladian style in northern Europe and elsewhere two centuries after its publication.   To celebrate the 500th anniversary... (more)
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  Goethe and Palladio

  Goethe's Study of the Relationships Between Art And Nature, Leading Through Arcihtecture To The Discovery Of The Metamorposis Of Plants

  by David Lowe

  The poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had to wait many years before he was able to travel south to Italy, "the land where the lemon trees bloom." He had gained success in several fields, but he had a sense of being trapped and confined and felt a need for light. Italy would give this to him in a number of ways. Taking as their basis Goethe’s Italian Journey, the authors of... (more)
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  The Perfect House

  A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

  by Witold Rybczyński

  "Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident in the ample porches, columned porticoes, grand ceilings, and front-door pediments of America today. In The... (more)