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Andrea Palladio

discuss major accomplishments and/or influences of this architect. However, you don’t need to limit yourself to buildings – architecture is far more interesting than that - consider literature, stylistic movements, architectural philosophy and impacts on architectural education.

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Andrea Palladio's major accomplishments/ influences are:

1. Design of Villa Godi (1538-1542)

It has a stripped down style which shows less influence of ancient architecture, but its importance on clean cut cubical masses projects his mature style of architecture.

2. Design of Casa Civena (1540-1546), Vicenza

It had a pair of Corinthian Pilasters above the ground floor arcade in the manner of Roman High Renaissance.

3. The incomplete Palazzo Thiene (1542-1550), Vicenza

Heavy rustication of the ground floor and the massive stone blocks superimposed on the window frames of the main story.

4. Two arcaded loggias around the Palazzo della regione (1617)

5. Villa Capra, the Rolanda (1550-1551), Vicenza

Cube like mass capped by a dome over the central and identical temple front parches around the sides of the block.

6. City of Vicenza almost rebuild by his designs.

7. Published a guidebook to the antiquities of Rome called Le antichità de Roma

8. Church of S. Giorgio Maggiore (1565-1610)

Basilical plan with apsidal transept arms and deep choir

9. Four books devoted to technical questions, classical orders, domestic architecture, civic architecture and ecclesiastical architecture named I quattro libri dell architettura (1570)

10. Church of the Redentore (1576-1592)

Wide basilica with side chapels and a trilobed crossing with deep choir, facade and monumental stairs, a bit different from his previous approach at that time.