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PALLADIO

by Guido Beltramini; Howard Burns

Published by Royal Academy of Arts. 1st. 2008

Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. Published for the exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of the great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Edited by Guido Beltramini and Howard Burns. Large heavy format. Pale grey paper boards, white title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. xv and 433 pages including index.

Light shelf-wear to base of spine else boards clean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Overall a lovely copy.

ISBN: 9781905711246
Stock no. 1830764

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Contents

  • Supporters of the Exhibition
  • Presidents' foreword
  • Curators' preface
  • Lenders to the exhibition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Editorial note
  • Photographical acknowledgements
  • Part 1
  • Andrea Palladio 1508-1580
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 1. Born in Padua
  • Guido Beltramini , Jeremy Warren
  • 2. Vicenza
  • Edoardo Demo, Manuela Barausse
  • 3. Role Models and sponsors
  • Guido Beltramini, Glenn Most, Davide Gasparotto
  • 4. Giulio Romano and the Palazzo Thiene, Vicenze
  • Howard Burns, Ugo Bazzotti
  • 5. Rome
  • Howard Burns, Valeria Cafa, Pierre Gros, Pier Nicola Pagliara
  • 6. Villa Pisani at Bagnolo
  • Howard Burns
  • 7. Palazzo Porto, Vicenza
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 8. The Basilica, Vicenza
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 9. Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 10. Designing a Villa
  • Howard Burns
  • 11. Villa Chiericatgi at Vancimuglio
  • Howard Burns
  • 12. Villa Barbaro at Maser
  • Howard Burns, Guido Beltramini, Pier Nicola Pagliara, Carmelo Occhipinti, Sergio Marinelli
  • 13. Villa Foscari or 'La Malc ontenta'
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 14. Gardens
  • Howard Burns
  • 15. The Facade of San Francesco della Vigna, Venice
  • Andrewa Guerna, Howard Burns
  • 16. The Refrectory of San Giorgio Maggiore and the Monastry of the Carita, Venice
  • Guido Beltramini, Susanna Pasquali
  • 17. Housing in Venice
  • Guido Beltramini, Mario Pianna, Howard Burns
  • 18. The Church of San Giorgio, Maggiore, Venice
  • Andrea Guerra, Susanna Pasquali, Vitale Zanchettin
  • 19. Venice: The Rialto Projects
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 20. Palazzo Valmarana, Vicenza
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 21 Loggia del Capitaniato, Vincenza
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 22. Palazzo Barbarano, Vicenza
  • Guido Beltramini, Pierre Gros
  • 23. France and Spain
  • Howard Burns, Fernando Marias, Lionello Puppi
  • 24. The Church of the Redentore, Venice
  • Andrea Guerra, Susanna Pasquali
  • 25. Mediterranean dialogues: Palladio and Sinan
  • Howard Burns, Paul Davies
  • 26. The Teatro Olimpico
  • Howard Burns
  • PART II
  • Making a new Architecture
  • Howard Burns
  • 27. Guiding Ideas Vitruvius and the theory and practice of design
  • Howard Burns, Arnold Nesselrath, Pier Nicola Pagliara
  • 28. Models to follow: studying and restoring the ruins
  • Howard Burns
  • 29. Drawing the project
  • Howard Burns, T Barton Thurber, Jim Bennett
  • 30. Building the Project
  • Mario Piana, Guido Beltramini
  • 31. Publication and publicity: The Guides of Rome
  • Francesco Paolo Fiore, Guido Beltramini, Howard Burns, T Barton Thurber
  • 32. Publishing the projects: The Four Books of Architecture
  • Howard Burns, Maria Beltraminin, Pierre Gros, Giorgio Bacci, Guido Beltramini
  • 33. Ancient Battles
  • Guido Beltramini
  • 34. An unfinished project
  • Howard Burns, Donata Battilotti, Pierre Gros, Susanna Pasquali
  • PART III
  • An eternal contemporary
  • Howard Burns
  • 35. Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548-1616)
  • Franco Barbieri
  • 36. Inigo Jones (1573-1652)
  • Charles Hind, Christy Anderson
  • 37. Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington (1694-1753)
  • Charles Hind
  • 38. Giacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817)
  • and Charles Cameron (1746-1812)
  • Federica Rossi
  • 39. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
  • Kurt W Forster
  • 40. Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
  • Kurt W Forster
  • Bibliography of works cited
  • Glossary of architectural terms and Italian Words
  • Index

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