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Biography of the Author<\/h2>\n

Andrea Palladio was an Italian architect and designer who wrote the renowned 10 Books of Architecture. He was born in 1508 in Padua and raised in Vicenza. His father, Pietro della Gondola, was a stonemason who taught Palladio how to work with stone and in 1522, Palladio began to apprentice as a stonemason.<\/p>\n

In 1524, at the age of 16, he began to attend the University of Padua, where he studied Euclid’s elements of mathematics, literature and rhetoric. After graduation, he returned to Vicenza in 1535 and established himself as an independent architect and designer. He designed and built a number of extremely successful works in Vicenza, including the Teatro Olimpico and the Villa Rotunda. In 1550, he was invited to Rome and further honed his skills in Renaissance architecture.<\/p>\n

In 1554, he published the first of his 10 Books of Architecture and in 1567, he published his last book, the Quattro Libri Dell’Architettura, which is a collection of advice and principles on architecture and design. His 10 Books of Architecture are written in the vernacular, which meant that they were accessible to readers with considerable success among his contemporaries and have since had an enduring influence on Western architecture.<\/p>\n

Content and Impact of the 10 Books of Architecture<\/h2>\n

The 10 Books of Architecture is divided into four books and begins by discussing the principles of geometry and related terms. The second and third books go into more detail about the science of architecture, with the fourth book focusing on classical design. The most significant focus of the books is on Palladio’s interpretation of the classical orders, which he believed to be stylistically superior and to be both symbolic and practical.<\/p>\n