PALLADIO'S ITALIAN VILLAS
 Sally Gable with Carl I. Gable Palladian Days: Finding a New Life in an Italian Country House [Click title to purchase online] New York: Knopf, 2005. The Gables tell their personal story of modern-day life at Villa Cornaro, blending humor with fresh insights into Palladio, Venice and Italian village life.  Douglas Lewis The Drawings of Andrea Palladio Revised and expanded second edition. New Orleans: Martin & St. Martin Publishing, 2000. A penetrating insight into Palladio's buildings, as well as the definitive treatment of his drawings.  Bruce Boucher Andrea Palladio: The Architect In His Time Revised and updated edition. New York: Abbeville Press, 1998. Photography by Paolo Marton. Paperbound. Beautifully photographed analytical survey of Palladio's villas, palaces and churches.  Paul Holberton Palladio's Villas: Life in the Renaissance Countryside London: John Murray (Publishers), Ltd., 1991. Paperbound. A fascinating picture of life in the villas.  Frederic C. Lane Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1973. Paperbound. An excellent and highly readable history of the world's longest-lived republic.  John J. Norwich A History of Venice New York: Vintage Books, 1989. Paperbound. The standard English language compendium of Venetian history.  Andrea Palladio The Four Books on Architecture Translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002. Paperbound. Palladio's 1570 masterwork in a new translation. The most influential book ever written on architecture.  Steven Parissien Palladian Style London: Phaiden Press, 1994. Analysis of Palladio's influence on later architecture, with emphasis on developments in England and America.  Robert Tavernor Palladio and Palladianism New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Paperbound.
Beautiful
renderings of the Palladian villas, joined with an appealing commentary. A
riveting new analysis of Palladio's design theory, for advanced readers. |
