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PALLADIAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 635 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALLADIAN , the See also:

term given in See also:English See also:architecture to one of the phases of the See also:Italian See also:Renaissance, introduced into See also:England in 162o by Inigo See also:Jones, a See also:great admirer of the See also:works of See also:Andrea See also:Palladio (q.v.). In 1716, See also:Richard See also:Boyle, 3rd See also:earl of See also:Burlington, who also admired the works of Palladio, copied some of them, the front of old Burlington See also:House being more or less a See also:reproduction of the Palazzo See also:Porto at See also:Vicenza, and the See also:villa at See also:Chiswick a copy of the Villa See also:Capua near Vicenza. It is probably due to See also:Lord Burlington that the See also:title Palladian is the designation for the Italian See also:style as practised in England. In 1862 See also:Sir See also:Gilbert See also:Scott's See also:Gothic See also:design for the new See also:government offices was rejected and Lord See also:Palmerston selected in preference the Palladian style. In See also:France and See also:America, Barozzi Vignole (1507-1573), another Italian architect, holds a similar position as the See also:chief authority on the Italian Renaissance.

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