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The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio [Hardcover]

Witold Rybczynski (Author)
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Forty miles northwest of Venice, the flat plain that starts on the shore of the Adriatic runs abruptly into the base of the Dolomitic Alps. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars Palladio - The Shakespeare of Architecture, Nov 21 2002
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Colin Clark (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio (Hardcover)
Witold Rybczynski does it again. This book is definately up there with Home, A Clearing in the Distance and One Good Turn. Rybczynski's travelogue style suits his subject matter perfectly, turning a potentially dry academic subject into a gripping read for anyone remotely interested in history or architecture or both. In this hard-to-put-down book Rybczynski describes the genius and creativity that was Palladio, a man who is to architecture as Shakespeare is to the English language. Rybczynski uses this one telling comparison to make a clear point that as we walk through our world of 2001, echoes of Palladio are all around us. I'd recommend new readers to Rybczynski to follow this up with Rybczynski's One Good Turn.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly engaging, Dec 2 2003
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This review is from: The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio (Paperback)
Rybczynski has written a book that is part social history, part art history, and part travelogue, as he describes his journey through Northern Italy visiting and discovering the remaining country villas created by the great architect Andrea Palladio.

Rybczynski manages to write about the "art" side of the architecture in a way that is both scholarly and accessible; however, the best feature of this book, from my perspective, is the insight he brings to architecture and the role of the architect in creating spaces for living. How did the Pisani family live in its villa? How did Palladio integrate the main house of the Villa Badoer with its farm buildings? How did Palladio himself interact with his clients? Above all, what did it feel like to live in buildings that were both magnificent designs and truly "home" to their owners?

The book is so vibrant and Rybczynski's passion for his subject so profound you will want to jump on a plane tomorrow to see what he has seen!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book. Needs more illustrations., May 16 2003
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Leonard Testa "_len_" (Summerfield, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio (Hardcover)
Excellent prose. Fantastic selection of villas. It would be helpful if subsequent editions had more illustrations. I found myself constantly flipping back to try to determine what the author was mentioning. All in all, though, a worthwhile read.
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