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The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio
by Witold Rybczynski 2020-04-21 19:37:13
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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 ... Read more
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 Perfect House, bestselling author Witold Rybczynski, whose previous books (Home, A Clearing in the Distance, Now I Sit Me Down) have transformed our understanding of domestic architecture, reveals how a handful of Palladio's houses in an obscure corner of the Venetian Republic should have made their presence felt hundreds of years later and halfway across the globe. More than just a study of one of history's seminal architectural figures, The Perfect House reflects Rybczynski's enormous admiration for his subject and provides a new way of looking at the special landscapes we call home in the modern world. Less
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  • 5.58x8.46x0.71inches
  • 320
  • Scribner
  • February 26, 2013
  • English
  • 9781476737331
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Witold Rybczynski
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Witold Rybczynski has written about architecture for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Slate. Among his award-winning books are Home, The Most Beautiful House in the World, and A C...
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