Villa Godi, Lonedo ca. 1540.
The earliest of Palladio's villas, a transitional design still strongly connected to local traditions.
The UNESCO site
Above is the drawing from the Quattro Libri, showing the completed Villa from the
Quattro Libri, with the barchesse--storage sheds.
Villa Pisani at Bagnolo di Lonigo
1542. Be sure to click the photo of the Sala Centrale to enjoy the view of the elegant central
hall.
"Harmonic Proportion and Palladio's
Quattro Libri." By Deborah Howard and Malcolm Longair. Historic article from The Journal of the
Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 41, No. 2. (May, 1982): 116-143.
Later Titian and Palladio
The later paintings of Titian can be found in Steer and in other related sources both on reserve
and on the shelves in Richter Library.
The links to the above all come from the Web site for the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura
Andrea Palladio. See below for some other projects:
Canaletto's fantasy painting showing how the Rialto Bridge would have looked if it had been built to Palladio's design.