The Perfect House
A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio
Published on 1. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7432-0587-0 (ISBN)
Description
The award-winning author of A Clearing in the Distance focuses on the designs, constructions, and writings of the Italian Renaissance architect, noting the influence of his works on such structures as the White House. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-0587-0 (9780743205870)
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E-Book
02/2013
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€14.83
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Person
Witold Rybczynski has written about architecture and urbanism for The New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Home and the award-winning A Clearing in the Distance, as well as The Biography of a Building, The Mysteries of the Mall, and Now I Sit Me Down. The recipient of the National Building Museum’s 2007 Vincent Scully Prize, he lives with his wife in Philadelphia, where he is emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.
Content
contents
foreword
I Godi
II Che Bella Casa
III The Arched Device
IV On the Brenta
V Porticoes
VI The Brothers Barbaro
VII An Immensely Pleasing Sight
VIII Emo
IX The Last Villa
X Palladio's Secret
Afterword
The Villas
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index