Andrea Palladio: The Architect In His Time (Rev And Updated); Author: Boucher, Bruce; Author: Photographer Marton, Paolo; Performer: Marton, Paolo; Paperback

Author: Boucher, Bruce; Author: Photographer Marton, Paolo; Performer: Marton, Paolo
Rev And Updated Edition; Paperback; 150 Colour Illustrations, 50 B&w Illustrations, Ma
354 pages
Published: January 1998
Abbeville Press
ISBN: 0789203006

A comprehensive handbook tracing the career of the architect who transformed the building design and construction of the Western world, this is the revised paperback edition of Abbeville's acclaimed 1994 large-format publication.Andrea Palladio (1505-1589) was one of the most brilliant architects the world has ever known; many consider his villas, palaces, and churches the embodimentof Renaissance ideals. Though his buildings have often been photographed and numerous specialized studies have been written about his career, never before have Palladio's life and times been brought together in such an incisive narrative as this one. Richly illustrated with specially commissioned photographs as well as period plans and drawings, this book sets Palladio within the backdrop of the dPresenting photographs, plans and drawings, this work examines the the life of Renaissance architect Palladio. It traces his rise from his time as an apprentice to the construction of peerless villas that are associated with his name: the imposing Malcontenta and the aristocratic Rotonda.Describes the work of the sixteenth-century architect whose buildings are considered a leading example of the Renaissance style, and places him in the context of his times.