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Find more info., search and price compare for The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio by Witold Rybczynski Binding: Paperback, 320 pages Publisher: Scribner Weight: 0.55 pound Dimension: H: 0.8 x L: 8.3 x W: 5.4 inches ISBN 10: 0743205871 ISBN 13: 9780743205870 Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com! If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too! |
Book Description: '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 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. |
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