Palladio . Utterly Vile

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) The Four Books of Architecture, London 1738.

For a flavour of Ruskin’s views on Palladio see; Works, 5.93 [n/a] ‘Palladio is wholly virtueless and despicable’; Works, 9.46 ‘the mischief effected by Palladio’ ; Works, 10.355 Palladio wishing to ‘pull down the old [Ducal] palace’; and Works, 15.345 [n/a] ‘the Infidel art of Palladio’.

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