The four books on architecture / Andrea Palladio ; translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield.

Main entry:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.

Title & Author:

The four books on architecture / Andrea Palladio ; translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield.

Publication:

Description:

xxxv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-430) and index.
Introduction -- I quattro libri dell'architeturra: Editions -- List of Woodcuts from the 1570 Edition -- Illustrations of Palladio's Architectural Terms -- BOOK I -- Chapter I. On what must be considered and prepared before building can start -- Chapter XV. On the Doric order -- Chapter XVIII. On the Composite order -- Chapter XXVIII. On stairs and their various types and on the number and size of steps -- Chapter XXIX. On roofs -
BOOK II -- Chapter IV. On the Tuscan atrium -- Chapter XVI. On the buildings on the estates of the ancients -- Chapter XVII. On some projects for different sites -- BOOK III -- Chapter I. On roads -- Chapter XIX. On ancient basilicas -- Chapter XIV. On the Temple of Vesta -- BOOK IV. Chapter 1. On the site to be selected for building temples -- Chapter XV. On the Temple of Mars -- Chapter XXXI. On the Temple of Neptune -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

Renaissance architect Palladio was one of the most influential figures the field of architecture has ever produced. Of even greater significance than his buildings is this treatise, one of the most important books in the literature of architecture.

ISBN:

0262161621 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780262161626 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780262661331
0262661330
0585282471
9780585282473

Subject:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Rome Antiquités.
Architecture.
Architectuurtheorieën.
Het klassieke.
Arquitetura.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Tavernor, Robert, translator.
Schofield, Richard V., translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193852
Call No.: ID NA44.P164; ID:97-B489
Status: Available

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