Andrea Palladio facts for kids
Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 – August 19, 1580) was an Italian architect. He was born in Padua and died at Maser, near Treviso. He worked in and around Venice. He was influenced by Greek and Roman architecture. He influenced architects for centuries.
He wrote several books about architecture. His most famous buildings are: Villa Barbaro, Villa Capra "La Rotonda", Basilica Palladiana, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Il Redentore, and Teatro Olimpico.
Images for kids
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Palazzo Thiene (1542–1558), (begun by Giulio Romano, revised and completed by Palladio)
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Detail of the Hall of Olympus, with frescoes by Paolo Veronese
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House of the Director of the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1775)
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La Rotonde customs barrier, Parc Monceau, by Claude Nicolas Ledoux
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The Queen's House, Greenwich by Inigo Jones (1616–1635)
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Chiswick House by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and William Kent (completed 1729)
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Wilton House south front by Inigo Jones (1650)
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Palladio Bridge at Wilton House (1736–37)
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Stourhead House by Colen Campbell (1721–24), inspired by Villa Capra
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Harvard Hall at Harvard University by Thomas Dawes (1766)
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Monticello, residence of Thomas Jefferson (1772)
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Winning design for the first United States Capitol Building by Thomas Thornton (1793)
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A variation of the Palladian or Venetian window, with round oculi, at Villa Pojana (1548–49)
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Late Palladio style, Mannerist decoration on the facade of the Palazzo del Capitanio (1565–1572)