The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio, Witold Rybczynski

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ISBN 10: 0743205863 ISBN 13: 9780743205863

Published by Scribner, 2002

Language: English

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A study of the work of the Italian architect, 1508-1580, who inspired the architecture of both Monticello and The White House.

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The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

Publisher

Scribner

Publication Date

2002

Language

English

ISBN 10

0743205863

ISBN 13

9780743205863

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

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The award-winning author of A Clearing in the Distance focuses on the designs, constructions, and writings of the Italian Renaissance architect, noting the influence of his works on such structures as the White House. 60,000 first printing.

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Witold Rybczynski is the author of ten books, including Home, City Life, and the national bestseller A Clearing in the Distance, for which he won a Christopher Award and J. Anthony Lukas Prize. He is a regular contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Review of Books. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.

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