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Between the introduction by architectural historian Howard Burns and Almut Goldhahn's excellent bibliography, a feast awaits anyone with the slightest interest in beauty, history or architecture.
Those who already know and love the works of Andrea Palladio and are looking for something to add to an existing library will find this well worth acquiring. Neither as deeply analytical as Manfred Wundram's Andrea Palladio 1508 - 1580, nor as focussed on the interiors of the buildings as one might have hoped (the book would, perhaps, have become too heavy to lift if it were otherwise) this is still the definitive visual catalogue of the sixty-six authentic works of Andrea Palladio.
More than two hundred and fifty photographs produced by the accomplished contemporary photographer Pino Guidolotti bring the works of Palladio to life as no other collection has done to date and there are floor plans for all the buildings as well as the historical background to their construction.
The book is worth having for the photographs alone but there is plenty in the text to add to the accumulated total of one's knowledge of Andrea Palladio - the definitive
Renaissance man.
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