Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) was one of the most influential architects of the western world. This volume presents his artistic career in relation to the last thirty years of his life, concentrating mainly on his activity in the city of the Lagoon. His efforts to be accepted by the Venetian 'commitenza', his initial defeats, the decisive friendship with the illustrious Barbaro brothers and, finally, the projects that culminated with the luminous monastic complex of San Giorgio Maggiore and the imposing church of the Redentore, are assessed not only as majestic expressions of Palladio's classical language, but also as architectural creations that needed to conform with the regulations imposed by the Counter-Reformation. AUTHOR: Alberto Weissmüller was born into a family of Austrian origin that was established in the Veneto region of Italy in the nineteenth century. He spent part of his childhood in Venice, near the Ca' D'Oro, and has a lifelong interest in the City's architecture. He lives in Maryland and works in Washington, D.C. 80 colour illustrations
