PALLADIO VIRTUEL

Many historians of architecture have viewed the villas of Andrea Palladio (15081580) as physical manifestations of the classical ar chitectural principles described in his treatise The Four Books of Architecture (I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura). Written toward the end of his life, The Four Books illustrate Palladios built work, redrawn the way he wanted it to be. In this groundbreaking new study, American architect and educator Peter Eisenman analyzes twenty of Palladios villas, offering a radical interpretation of th e Renaissance...[Read more]