Andrea Palladio: The Architect in His Time
- ISBN-10
- 0789203006
- ISBN-13
- 9780789203007
- Series
- Andrea Palladio
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Authors
- Andrea Palladio, Bruce Boucher
Description
Describes the work of the sixteenth-century architect whose buildings are considered a leading example of the Renaissance style, and places him in the context of his times
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