Andrea Palladio

(1508 –1580)
Italian architect active in the Republic of Venice.
Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek
architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely
considered the most influential individual in
the history of Western architecture.
He designed many palaces, villas, and churches,
but Palladio's reputation, initially, and after his
death, has been founded on his skill as a
designer of villas.
 Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa just outside
Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio.
Palladio's architecture was not dependent on expensive
materials, which must have been an advantage to his
more financially pressed clients. Many of his
buildings are of brick covered with stucco. Stuccoed
brickwork was always used in his villa designs in
order to portray his interpretations of the Roman
villa typology.
Renaissance architecture
The Basilica
In the 16th century, the Italian architect Andrea
Palladio designed buildings that reached back
2,000 years to the golden age of Greece for
their inspiration. Two hundred years later,
during what would be called the neoclassical
period, Thomas Jefferson built Monticello, a
tribute Palladio's work.