Pioneer of Classical Architecture

Andrea Palladio

A leading architect of the Italian Renaissance. Working mainly in Vicenza, Venice, and the Veneto region of the Republic of Venice, he studied ancient Greek and Roman architecture—particularly the architectural theories of Vitruvius—and incorporated classical proportions, symmetry, colonnades, and pediments into early modern residences, palaces, and churches. He designed Villa Capra (La Rotonda), the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, and the Church of Il Redentore, and published The Four Books of Architecture in 1570. His architectural theories and works formed the later Palladian style, exerting a major influence on the architecture of Europe, Britain, and North America.

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Year	Andrea Palladio
1508	Birth of Andrea Palladio (Period: November 30, 1508, Location: Padua (Padova), present-day Veneto, Italy)
1521	Italian Wars (Age: 12 years old, Period: 1551–1559, Location: Italy, France, Netherlands, etc.) Apprenticeship as a Stonemason (Andrea Palladio, Age: 12 years old, Period: c. 1521–1524, Location: Padua, Italy)
1523	Flight from the Stonemason Workshop (Andrea Palladio, Age: 14 years old, Period: April 1523, Location: Padua, Republic of Venice)
1524	Joining the Workshop of Giovanni di Giacomo da Porlezza (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1524, Location: Vicenza, Republic of Venice) Relocation to Vicenza (Andrea Palladio, Age: 15 years old, Period: 1524, Location: Vicenza, Republic of Venice)
1530	Meeting with Gian Giorgio Trissino (Andrea Palladio, Age: 21 years old, Period: Late 1530s, Location: Cricoli, near Vicenza) Education by Trissino (Andrea Palladio, Age: 21 years old, Period: Late 1530s–1540s, Location: Vicenza, Cricoli, etc.)
1534	Marriage (Andrea Palladio, Allegradonna, Age: 25 years old, Period: April 1534, Location: Vicenza, Republic of Venice)
1537	Design of Villa Godi (Age: 28 years old, Period: c. 1537–c. 1542, Location: Lonedo, near Vicenza)
1540	Expansion of Architectural Activities in Vicenza (Andrea Palladio, Age: 31 years old, Period: 1540s–1560s, Location: Vicenza and Veneto Region)
1541	Study Trip to Rome for Roman Architecture (Andrea Palladio, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1541 onwards, Location: Rome, Italy) Study of Ancient Architecture in Rome (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1541 onwards, multiple times, Location: Rome, Papal States)
1542	Construction of Villa Pisani (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1542–1545, Location: Bagnolo, Veneto Region)
1549	Renovation Project of the Basilica in Vicenza (Andrea Palladio, Age: 40 years old, Period: 1549 onwards, Location: Vicenza, Republic of Venice) Design for the Renovation of Basilica Palladiana (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1549 onwards, Location: Vicenza, Italy)
1550	Design of Palazzo Chiericati (Age: 41 years old, Period: c. 1550 onwards, Location: Vicenza, Italy) "Studies of the Ruins and Architecture of Ancient Rome" (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1550s, Location: Rome and Various Parts of Italy)
1560	Church Architecture in Venice (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1560s–1570s, Location: Venice, Republic of Venice)
1566	Design of Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (Age: 57 years old, Period: c. 1566–1567, Location: Near Vicenza)
1570	Ottoman–Venetian War (Age: 61 years old, Period: 1570–1573 (Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War), Location: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, etc.) Publication of "The Four Books of Architecture" (Age: 61 years old, Period: 1570, Location: Venice, Republic of Venice)
1577	Design of the Church of Il Redentore (Age: 68 years old, Period: 1577–1580, Location: Venice, Giudecca Island)
1580	Beginning of Construction of the Teatro Olimpico (Age: 71 years old, Period: 1580, Location: Vicenza, Italy) Death of Andrea Palladio (Age: 71 years old, Period: August 19, 1580 (aged 71))

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The English royal family	Henry Tudor Edward Tudor Mary Tudor Elizabeth Tudor
The English Reformation	Thomas Cranmer William Tyndale Thomas More John Fisher Hugh Latimer John Foxe John Jewel Richard Hooker
Renaissance science	Nicolaus Copernicus Andries van Wesel Gerard de Kremer John Napier Filippo Bruno Galileo Galilei
Renaissance Art	Leonardo da Vinci Benvenuto Cellini Andrea Palladio Philibert de l'Orme Pierre Lescot Jean Goujon

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