Palladio

[ puh-lah-dee-oh; Italian pahl-lah-dyaw ]

noun

1. An·dre·a [ahn-, dre, -ah], 1508–80, Italian architect famous for his widely translated Four Books of Architecture, 1570.

Palladio

/ palˈlaːdio /

noun

1. PalladioAndrea15081580MItalianARCHITECTURE: architect Andrea (anˈdrɛːa). 1508–80, Italian architect who revived and developed classical architecture, esp the ancient Roman ideals of symmetrical planning and harmonic proportions. His treatise Four Books on Architecture (1570) and his designs for villas and palaces profoundly influenced 18th-century domestic architecture in England and the US

Example Sentences

Palladio, it should be noted, is a singer-songwriter and has a London-based indie folk band called Salt Water Thief.

From The Daily Beast

A good deal of Classic went up, the work of academic amateurs, dabbling in Vitruvius and Palladio.

From Project Gutenberg

Attend to Palladio and Perrault, while they explain all the parts and proportions of a pillar.

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Palladio—it recalled something else, besides a great architect—something connected with Pallas—but Lamberti was no great scholar.

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If he had taken that ground he would have been surprised to find that Cecilia Palladio was quite as familiar with it as himself.

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I am not sure that the Contessina Palladio will marry me, but her mother wishes it, and heaven knows that I do.

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