Palladio
An·dre·a [ahn-dre-ah], /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/, 1508–80, Italian architect famous for his widely translated Four Books of Architecture, 1570.
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Palladio, it should be noted, is a singer-songwriter and has a London-based indie folk band called Salt Water Thief.
‘Nashville’: 5 Facts About Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio’s Stunning Duet | Jace Lacob | October 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA good deal of Classic went up, the work of academic amateurs, dabbling in Vitruvius and Palladio.
Attend to Palladio and Perrault, while they explain all the parts and proportions of a pillar.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals | David HumePalladio—it recalled something else, besides a great architect—something connected with Pallas—but Lamberti was no great scholar.
Cecilia | F. Marion CrawfordIf he had taken that ground he would have been surprised to find that Cecilia Palladio was quite as familiar with it as himself.
Cecilia | F. Marion Crawford
I am not sure that the Contessina Palladio will marry me, but her mother wishes it, and heaven knows that I do.
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British Dictionary definitions for Palladio
/ (Italian palˈlaːdio) /
Andrea (anˈdrɛːa). 1508–80, Italian architect who revived and developed classical architecture, esp the ancient Roman ideals of symmetrical planning and harmonic proportions. His treatise Four Books on Architecture (1570) and his designs for villas and palaces profoundly influenced 18th-century domestic architecture in England and the US
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