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. Within Vicenza, he became an helper in the leading workshop of cutter & masons.

A Palladian style is named fallowing him, the style which adhered to authoritative Roman principles, as opposed to the rich ornamentation of the Renaissance. Palladio designed numerous churches, villas, & palaces, especially within Venice and the encompassing metropolitan area.

who published an authoritative four volume act in Palladio & his architectural construct.

Palladio's architecture also inspired a classical music piece by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, called Palladio. Numerous humans understand it by its 1st movement, which was utilized for the De Beers diamond television commercial.

Palladio was a boy of Pietro 'della gondola'. He frequented a workshop of Bartolomeo Cavazza, from whom he learned a few of his skills. A first influence was per lord Gian Giorgio Trissino, who invented a definitive title of Palladio for his friend & pupil Andrea. Around 1541 Palladio went to Rome to study a ancient monuments.

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Andrea Palladio (1508-80)
Biography of the hugely influential Renaissance architect with samples of his work and bibliography in Great Buildings Online.

Villa Godi Malinverni
Built in 1542 to the design of Palladio, with frescos by Zelotti, Padovan and Battista del Moro. Virtual tour and visitor information in English and Italian.

Palladio's Italian Villas
Life and works of the seminal Italian Renaissance architect, whose impact was world-wide. Plans, photographs, descriptions, bibliography, visitor information by C. I. Gable.

Andrea Palladio
Portrait, biography and examples of the designs of the influential Renaissance architect from Archinform. English-language text, but some headings in German.

Palladian Buildings in Vicenza
ASH Multimedia presents professional photographs and brief descriptions of 27 works by and attributed to the much-imitated Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in this Italian city.

Epalladio
Watercolor drawings by Giovanni Giaconi of all the villas planned by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.

The International Center for the Study of the Architecture of Andrea Palladio.
Includes biography, bibliography and illustrated gazetteer of his works. [Italian and English versions.]






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