Palladian
adjective
of or relating to the goddess Athena.
Palladianism
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a word derived from
Palladian.
Example Sentences
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Hind says many of them "stretched the definition of Palladianism - almost to breaking point".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2015
The last section of the Riba exhibition looks at what it calls "abstract Palladianism" - where modern architects claim to have still been influenced by Palladio.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2015
"Palladianism breathes permanence, deliberation and an Olympian calm," says Hind.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2015
What happened to American Palladianism after that transatlantic journey is a fascinating story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2010
Gwynn's general critical bias is readily identifiable because it is consistent with that of many conventionally trained architects of the 1720's and 1730's, and with that of most propagandists for English Palladianism.
From The Art of Architecture A Poem In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry by Anonymous
