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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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lature iscut into in order to provide three windows to light thegranaries, which occupy the upper storey. It is a defect,spoiling an otherwise elegant facade, and could have beenavoided by the use of roof lights. It was probably effectedby those who had the execution of the design. House for the Conte Adrien Thiene.—This is yetanother of Palladios doubtful productions, and was con-structed under the direction of Vincenzio Scamozzi, whodoes not mention its authorship. It is curious that Scamozzi,who carried out Palladios design for the Villa Capra, didnot even in that case mention Palladios name. The planconsists of a central entrance leading to a vaulted halloccupying the whole depth of the building, and havingrooms on each side; the main staircase being on one ofthese sides. The principal facade is designed so as tohave an order to each storey. The lower storey has Corin-thian, and the upper Composite columns; the windows ofthe ground storey are kept low, to allow for the springing
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TOWN HOUSES 57 of the vaults crowning the storey, and blank windows areplaced over the lower ones. The windows of the first floorhave architraves and pediments, alternately triangular andsegmental, while balconies rest upon the cornice of thelower order. An attic crowns the whole facade ; that to thegarden having free-standing colonnades to each storey ofthe same order as the front. The House of Palladio (Plate 24).—There appearsto be no evidence that Palladio ever resided in this house,erected in 1556; indeed, according to Bertotti, there is directevidence that he did not. At the same time, as an instanceof one of our masters smaller works, which one wouldexpect he might have designed for himself, it is an exceed-ingly interesting piece of work. The plan consists of a frontand back coips de logis, with an open area between, to theside of which is the staircase. The facade is shown inPlate 24. The ground storey has Ionic columns of about9 diameters in height, with entablature one-fi

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