Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture originally
designed by the Italian architect Andrea Palladio. Today, any building
which adheres to the rules of architecture to which Palladio subscribed is
described as Palladian. This architectural style can be traced as it spread
from the early 16th century in the Veneto, across Europe to buildings
designed by Thomas Jefferson in North America in the late 18th century. The
built and published works of Palladio follow the rules of the Roman
architect Vitruvius and his later disciples, such as Leone Battista Alberti
who all adhered to the classical Roman principles of architecture, as
opposed to the rich ornamentation of the Renaissance. Buildings which are
truly Palladian are rare, and all in Italy. They include Villa Capra and
Villa Foscari and many churches in the Veneto. To explain fully the term
Palladian as used outside of Italy one must first understand true Palladian
as designed by the master architect
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1732:
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House)
1941:
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor provoked the United States to become a
combatant in World War II.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/attack_on_Pearl_Harbor)
1965:
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously lifted mutual
excommunications that had been in place since 1054
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic-Orthodox_Joint_declaration_of_1965)
1972:
Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, was launched.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or
architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself." -- Samuel
Butler
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Butler)