Architecture

The Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio is to architecture what Julia Child is to cooking. He borrowed ideas from the past, added his own insights, and created a straightforward approach to design that builders anywhere could follow. American statesman Thomas Jefferson modeled his own home after Palladio's architecture. Chances are your own home reflects "Palladian" ideas.

November 30, is Andrea Palladio's birthday. He was born in 1508.

• Andrea Palladio - Biography
• Andrea Palladio - Books
• Renaissance Architecture

^{Photo: The Basilica in Vicenza, Italy by Andrea Palladio. � Luke Daniek/iStockPhoto.com}

^{Facebook | Twitter}