1990s Decorative and Illustrated Quarto Book, Lionello Puppi's Andrea Palladio

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Title: Andrea Palladio.
Author: Lionello Puppi.
Publisher: Electa.
Origin: Milano.
Publication date: 1999.

Description: 569 p. 1999. Qto. Italian text. … Read more Title: Andrea Palladio.
Author: Lionello Puppi.
Publisher: Electa.
Origin: Milano.
Publication date: 1999.

Description: 569 p. 1999. Qto. Italian text. Publisher's graphic illustrated hardcover with mylar cover and slipcase, profusely illustrated text pages with black/white photographic images of building designed by Palladio, diagrams and plans, etc.

About the author/biographer: Lionello Puppi was an Italian art historian and politician. A native of Belluno born in 1931, he later moved to Conegliano. He began teaching at the University of Padua in 1971. He left for the Ca' Foscari University of Venice in 1991, and retired as professor emeritus in 2005.

About the architect: Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the history of architecture. See less