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oculi
motif of,
65
,
66
,
67
,
69
–70,
87

rear façade of,
69
–70,
70
,
72
,
113

Villa Ragona,
255
,
258

Villa Repeta,
259

Villa Rotonda,
see
Villa Almerico (La Rotonda)

villas:

defined,
1
–2

as summer retreats,
101
,
103

see also
Palladio, Andrea, villas designed by;
specific villas

Villa Saraceno,
225
–49,
228
,
235
,
242
,
246
,
248
,
257

author’s rental stay in,
225
,
226
,
231
,
234
–35,
244
–45,
249
,
253
–54

basement of,
232

farming activities at,
226
,
229
,
230
,
239
,
241
,
243

floor plan of,
228
,
230
–32,
233
–34,
238

frescoes of,
236
,
238
,
243

front façade of,
228
,
241
–43,
242
,
245
,
246
,
247

location of,
240
,
256

loggia of,
241
,
242
,
243
,
246
–47

modern renovation of,
226
,
230
,
232

owners of,
229
–30,
231
,
236

rear of,
240

spaciousness of,
233
,
237
–39,
243
–44

Villa Sarego (Miega),
259

Villa Sarego (Santa Sofia),
155
,
179
,
255
,
258
,
265

Villa Schio,
258

Villa Thiene (Cicogna),
35
n,
177
,
181
,
258

Villa Thiene (Quinto),
57
,
73
–74,
134
,
257

Villa Tiretta,
9
,
160

Villa Trissino,
181
,
203
,
205
,
259

Villa Valmarana (Lisiera),
35
n,
200
n,
259

Villa Valmarana (Vigardolo),
46
,
54
,
57
,
58
,
68
,
70
,
188
,
255
,
257

Villa Zen,
255
,
259

Vitruvius,
84

Alberti’s reworking of,
40

ancient villas described by,
74

on architectural orders,
54
,
55
,
80
n

British architects influenced by,
135
,
136

D. Barbaro’s edition of,
147
,
148
–49,
221

on intercolumniation,
104
,
264

Italian translation of,
13

Palladio’s study of,
13
,
17
,
18
,
39
,
90

room shapes recommended by,
109
,
126
n,
234

on symmetry,
111
,
209

on temple statues,
69

Vitruvius Britannicus
(Campbell),
136
,
139
,
216

Vittoria, Allesandro,
153
,
255

volutes,
55

voussoirs,
266

Walpole, Horace,
137

Ware, Isaac,
137
,
215
–16,
218
,
230
,
233

Warsaw,
253

Washington, George,
4
,
173
,
182

water table,
32
,
266

Webb, John,
136
,
137

Whitehill (Scotland),
136

White House (Washington, D.C.),
xvii
,
173

Wilbury House (Wiltshire),
136

Williamsburg (Virginia), capitol building in,
140
–41

windows:

arched,
131

Diocletian (thermal),
27
,
32
,
266

dormer,
105
,
108

glass technology and,
61
,
239

oculi,
65
,
67
,
69
–70,
80
,
87
,
92
,
205
,
206
–7,
264

serliana,
5
,
6
,
27
,
68
,
79
–80,
91
–92,
266

size of,
244

Wittkower, Rudolf,
9
,
109
–11

Wotton, Sir Henry,
114
,
142
,
197
,
249

Wren, Christopher,
136

Wright, Frank Lloyd,
71
,
189
n

Wright, Thomas,
216

Wyatt, Richard,
216
,
217
,
218
,
220

Wyatt, Susan,
216
,
217
,
218
,
220

Zelotti, Giambattista,
27
,
28
,
106
–7,
186
–88,
191
–92,
195
,
196
,
243

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