The second part explores the design of private residences, such as city townhouses and country estates. The first book examines materials, techniques, elements, and defines the five classic orders, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite, and all their respective parts. The four volumes of Palladio's work cover every important aspect of architecture and design. Palladio's seminal work was first published in English in 1663 and remains widely read and studied. Often considered to be one of the most important and influential figures in the history of architecture, Palladio's designs in the city of Vicenza are designated a World Heritage Site and have inspired countless architects and artists. First published in four volumes in Venice in 1570, "The Four Books of Architecture" is the important architectural treatise by the famed Italian architect Andrea Palladio.
Vols 2 and London: printed by John Watts, for the author, 1715-20. Published without the notes and observations made by Inigo Jones called for on the titlepage, for which an apology is made in the preface to vol.4, pt.2. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT095463Translated from the Italian of Andrea Palladio by Nicholas Dubois, and edited by Leoni. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields.
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