Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)
1570 First edition of I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura
(The Four Books of Architecture)
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The most important architectural treatise of the Renaissance and one of the most influential books in the history of Western architecture |
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Palladio worked for nearly twenty-five years on I quattro libri , an immensely influential work that "made Palladio the most imitated architect of all time" (Ackerman). Palladio's neo-Rennaissance followers include Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, and Thomas Jefferson. In fact, Jefferson's designs for his Monticello estate and the University of Virginia were based on Palladio's Four Books, which Jefferson referred to as his "Bible". |
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With over 200 detailed woodcut illustrations |
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