Vincenzo Scamozzi

and was called the greatest architect of the sixteenth century in northern Italy. In 1570 “The Four books of Architecture, made Andrea one of the most influential figures in western art history”(Encyclopædia Britannica) After he passed in 1580 Vincenzo Scamozzi took over the build of the church until 1610 when it was finished.In venice

The video“The Empire of the Eye” taught me about the visual perspective. This form of art was created in Florence, Italy by Brunelleschi and he called it the linear perspective. The key component was that parallel lines converge at the vanishing point. The first artist that used this method that interested me was Bramante who expanded the size of the chapel wall in the Church of Santa Maria for San Satiro. He made a high vaulted roof which appears to extend far behind the alter. However, when you

Prior to writing his four published book on architecture Palladio had written two different books that was based on architecture. These books were published in 1554 in Rome while he was visiting Daniele Barbaro. Essentially the purpose of the books was to serve as guidebooks for historical monuments within Rome. The first book he had written contained short descriptions for travelers that discussed the appearance and history of classical ruins. His guidebook was actually a replacement for an older