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Andrea Palladio And Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

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To many, Andrea Palladio is seen as one of the most influential architects that there have ever been. He is also credited with being the main influence for the architectural style known as Palladianism. Palladianism developed well through the 18th Century and can be seen here in the U.S. When you look at buildings like the White House and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, we can see how much Andrea influenced others. His influence is also seen in England looking at different houses belonging to the royals. Andrea Palladio built many buildings in his time, “He built churches, town and country houses, public buildings and bridges in Venice and on the Venetian mainland and in and around Vicenza.” In my paper, I plan on starting with Andrea Palladio and his works on places like the Teatro Olimpico and moving onto the many iconic theaters throughout America and Europe. And how they might or might not have been influenced by Andrea. …show more content…

When he was young, he worked as an apprentice to a local sculptor. As time went on, he eventually left Padua and moved to Vicenza where he got a job as a mason. It was while Palladio was living and working in Vicenza that he eventually met Gian Trissino, who later was the one who took him on his first trip to Rome. Andrea Palladio gained most of the inspiration for his future works from his trips to Rome. The Roman style that Andrea admired so much can be seen when looking at the work that he did reconstructing Vicenza. Every villa and public building had some aspect of the classic structure that Rome was known

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