The villas of Palladio / watercolors by Giovanni Giaconi ; text by Kim Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Kim, 1956-

Contributor:

Giaconi, Giovanni.

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.

Palladio, Andrea.

Country homes--Italy, Northern.

Country homes.

Facades--Italy, Northern.

Facades.

Giaconi, Giovanni.

Architectural rendering--Italy.

Architectural rendering.

Italy.

Northern Italy.

Physical Description:

151 pages : color illustrations, color map, plans ; 24 x 31 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.

Summary:

The Renaissance architect and builder Andrea Palladio is arguably the most influential architect in Western history, and certainly the most beloved. His sixteenth-century villas in the Italian Veneto revolutionized the course of architecture, and the principles on which he based his work are still used today. For the past several years, Italian water colorist Giovanni Giaconi has devoted his talents to creating exquisite large-format pen-and-ink watercolor renderings of all thirty-two of Palladio's villas. Each drawing captures the timeless beauty of Palladian architecture and provides a detailed record of these masterpieces. Together with brief descriptions of each villa, samples of Giaconi's preparatory sketches, and Palladio's own woodcuts, these works of art leave a deep impression of Palladio's oeuvre and give the reader an opportunity to compare the original designs with the actual buildings and their present state of conservation.

Notes:

Col. map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (page 151).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1568983964

OCLC:

51098184