Author Description

Changing The Face Of Vicenza And Its Villa Landscape. The Architect Who Wanted To Change The World -- The Usanza Nuova -- Rehearsing The Transformation: 15 September 1543 -- Triumphal Temporary Structures As Prefiguration Of A 'new City' -- Low-cost Architecture -- Social Design -- Palladio's Creative Process -- Palladio Put To The Test: The Practical Nature Of A Utilitarian Approach -- Shaping The Villa Landscape -- The Two Bodies Of The King Of Architecture -- Portraits Of Entrepreneurs. 'a Town Of No Great Extent But Full Of The Most Noble Intellects And Very Abundant Wealth' -- The City Merchants -- Nobles And Commerce -- Palladio's Patrons -- The Accademia Olimipica: Nobles, Merchants, Artists, Men Of Letters And Religious Dissidents -- Women: Nobles And Mercantesse -- Merchants In The Surrounding Territory -- A Long-standing, Enduring Vocation For Manufacturing And Enterprise. Guido Beltramini, Edoardo Demo. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 110-116) And Index. Translated From Italian.