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Palladio Andrea: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (1870 words) |
 | The measured drawings he made of these were published with compositions of his own and, based on the treatise of Vitruvius, a description of practical systems of design and proportioning. |
| Among his best-known houses (built in the 1550s and 1560s) are the Villa Rotonda (overlooking Vicenza), the Chiericati Palace and the Valmarana Palace (both: Vicenza), and the Villa Barbaro (Maser). |
| This architectural in-joke is enriched by comparison with plans published in the illustrated treatise by Andrea Palladio, The Four Books on Architecture, which appeared in 1570; this handbook of designs, well-known to Besss circle of... |
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