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The Double Portico in America
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Date Recorded: September 15, 2010
Duration: 00:01:36
Charles Hind discusses some early American homes that were influenced by the designs of Andrea Palladio.
Photo credits: Model of Monticello I, 2010; Timothy Richards, Courtesy Workshop of Timothy Richards, Bath, England. Elevation of the courtyard front of Palazzo Antonini, Udine, c. 1565; Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) and Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548–1616), courtesy RIBA British Architectural Library. Drawing of the Villa Valmarana; from Giacomo Leoni’s English edition of Andrea Palladio's I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, published as The Architecture of A. Palladio (1715–1720), courtesy RIBA British Architectural Library. Moss Neck Manor, near Fredicksburg, Virginia; courtesy Calder Loth. Drayton Hall, near Charleston, South Carolina; courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Shirley, near Charles City, Virginia; courtesy Calder Loth.
