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Title: Andrea Palladio, his life and works
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953
Subjects: Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
Publisher: London, G. Bell and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ade is a two-storeyedportico; the lower Ionic, without pedestals, the upperCorinthian, on pedestals, supporting entablature and pedi-ment. On either side of the main building are single roomannexes, used for the kitchens, servants bedrooms, etc.The ground floor is only partly vaulted. The hall leadingfrom the colonnade has four Ionic columns with angularvolutes, and this apartment, which has a proportion of lengthto width as five to six, has semicircular niches. This build-ing has been very much varied in execution from Palladiosdescription, especially in the proportions of the rooms. House at Morocco (between Venice and Trevigi)for Leonardo Mocenigo.—In the original design this hasa central block about 100 feet by 75 feet, with a large hallabout 35 feet wide, extending from front to back, withcentral double staircase in single flights. On the facadeare colonnades of the Ionic and Corinthian order super-posed. The returned wings were to contain the offices,wine-presses and stabling.
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COUNTRY HOUSES 69 According to Palladios designs the ground floor was tobe used as cellars, the mezzanines above for granaries andservants, while the upper storeys contained the mastersapartments. Only a very small portion of the originalscheme has been carried out, but if completed it wouldhave been in marked contrast to Palladios usual practice,for it is four storeys in height, a very unusual arrangementfor a country house. It has been much criticised asbeing more in harmony with town buildings. Bertottirefers to it curiously, as being less able to resist earth-quakes. House at Panzolo for Leonardo Emo.—This isthree miles from Castel-Franco, it is somewhat unusualin plan and seems to have been carried out without muchdeparture from Palladios own ideas. It is of the type 3,a central block about 70 feet square, with straight wingson either side consisting of apartments, in front of whichis an arcade. The buildings are one storey in height, thecentral block having a high basement in

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