This volume is a magnificent grand tour of Palladio's monumental villas, palaces, and churches, plus many famous and striking buildings in Great Britain and America that show Palladian influence.

This volume offers a thorough introduction to the architecture of Palladio, whose work includes both villas and town palaces and sacred buildings. It contains many large format colour photographs and only includes those works by Palladio which have been definitely attributed to him by research. "No other architect in the history of Western art has had as lasting an effect as Andrea Palladio. 'Palladianism' became an established style of architecture....