Read The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio Online
Authors: Witold Rybczynski
on Palladio buildings,
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on Sanmicheli villa,
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Venetian measurement standard,
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Venetian Republic:
agricultural development of,
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–38,
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citizenship requirements in,
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governing body of,
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Padua as intellectual center of,
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plague epidemic in,
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river routes in,
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–101,
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in War of League of Cambrai,
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Venetian (Palladian) window,
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architects’ careers in,
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–18
domestic architecture of,
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n,
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founding families of,
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Palladio’s commissions in,
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–200
summer retreats from,
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–101
Venturi, Robert,
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Veronese (Paolo Caliari),
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Vicentine measurement standard,
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n,
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–34,
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Vicenza:
Loggia del Capitano in,
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–22
Palladio’s Basilica in,
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–82,
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population of,
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Vignola, Giacomo da,
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Villa Almerico (La Rotonda),
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–20,
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dome of,
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–7,
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extreme symmetry of,
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–2,
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location of,
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as most influential Palladio building,
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–11,
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–19
owners of,
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–20
Villa Badoer,
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–81,
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,
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176
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,
183
–84
curved loggias of,
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–72,
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–82
front façade of,
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location of,
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modesty vs. extravagance of,
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raised brick terrace around,
172
–73
Villa Barbaro,
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–65,
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175
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arcaded wings of,
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,
146
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–61,
193
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initial sketches of,
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–62
interior of,
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–64
location of,
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256
medieval house and,
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owners of,
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–49,
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sculptural plasterwork at,
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–53,
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temple effect of,
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146
–47,
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Villa Caldogno,
92
,
139
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187
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Villa Chiericati,
98
–100,
98
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104
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Villa Cornaro,
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–32,
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double porticoes of,
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arcaded wings of,
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austere dignity of,
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–96,
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exterior dimensions of,
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n
frescoes of,
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–88,
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–92,
196
front façade of,
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–93,
193
,
195
–96
Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta),
100
–114,
118
,
258
dramatic front façade of,
103
–4,
105
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106
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113
–14,
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exterior dimensions of,
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n
floor plan of,
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–11,
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location of,
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portico of,
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Villa Garzoni,
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Villa Gazoto,
257
pediment motif of,
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rear façade of,
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Villa Giulia,
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Villa Godi,
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–10,
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–28,
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frescoes of,
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–28,
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as Palladio’s first independent commission,
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–10,
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precise geometrical alignment in,
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pre-existing foundation used in,
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–4,
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windows of,
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n
Villa La Soranza,
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59
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160
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164
Villa Mocenigo (Dolo),
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181
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n,
258
Villa Mocenigo (Marocco),
259
Villa Muzani,
257
Villa Piovene,
257
Villa Pisani (Bagnolo),
31
–38,
42
–54,
56
–64,
157
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256
,
257
courtyard of,
31
–32,
44
–45,
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,
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entrance loggia of,
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–36,
34
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47
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–53,
54
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family status reflected in,
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pedimented design of,
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–59,
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previous house on site of,
35
,
79
Roman buildings as influence on,
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,
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sala
of,
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successive designs drawn for,
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Villa Pisani (Montagnana),
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Villa Poiana,
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–74,
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–92,
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attic of,
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–90
courtyard and garden of,
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–73
design evolution of,
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–72
forceful simplicity of,
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front façade of,
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–70,
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innovative elements of,
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