The 16th-century architect harnessed the splendor and ornament of civic structures, including a double-story colonnade and ...

Andrea Palladio, a Renaissance architect celebrated for his reawakened use of classicism, was commissioned for the job in 1567 having already designed several of the area’s country abodes.

Andrea Palladio was an Italian Old Masters artist who was born in 1508. How much does an Andrea Palladio cost? Andrea Palladio's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ...

Andrea Palladio's Teatro Olimpico features elaborate ceiling frescoes, statues and architectural elements that contrast with its simple seating tiers. The stage set (at left) shows a perspective ...

Andrea Palladio, the greatest architect of western civilisation, is the man to have at your side on a visit to Venice and the Veneto this autumn. Palladio is being celebrated as Europe's coolest ...

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 30, the 334h day of 2005 with 31 to follow. Andrea Palladio (30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Republic of Venice ...

Born in 1508, and employed until the age of 30 as a stonemason, Andrea Palladio would go on to transform the architectural culture not only of his native Italy but of much of the Western world.

Take, for instance, Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) – the Renaissance style-setter and author of the groundbreaking treatise The Four Books on Architecture, the seminal text of which inspired the ...

Andrea Palladio really knew how to let in the light. And people have been copying the Renaissance architect's designs ever since, especially the arched openings that helped define the Italian's ...