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The Palladian Style is named after him, a style which adhered to classical Roman principles, as opposed to the rich ornamentation of the Renaissance . Palladio designed many churches, villas, and palaces, especially in Venice and the surrounding area. ''.]]His style became fashionable all over Europe. In Britain, Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren embraced the Palladian style. Another admirer was the architect Richard Boyle , 4th Earl Of Cork , also known as Lord Burlington, who, with William Kent , designed Chiswick House . Later exponents of his work who helped to popularize Palladio's concepts included the 18th Century Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni who published an authoritative four volume work on Palladio and his architectural concepts. In a letter written by Colonel Isaac A. Coles to General Hartwell Cocke in 1816, Coles related Thomas Jefferson's admiration for Palladio: "With Mr. Jefferson I conversed at length on the subject of architecture -- Palladio, he said 'was the Bible -- you should get it and stick close to it...' " Palladio's Architecture also inspired a Classical Music piece by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins , called Palladio. Many people know it by its first movement, which was used for a De Beers Diamond television commercial. HISTORY Palladio was born in Padua , then part of the Republic Of Venice , to Pietro della gondola. Apprenticed as a stonecutter in Padua when he was 13, he broke his contract after only 18 months and fled to the nearby town of Vicenza . Here he became an assistant in the leading workshop of stonecutters and masons. He frequented the workshop of Bartolomeo Cavazza , from whom he learned some of his skills. The most important influence was by the noble Gian Giorgio Trissino , who invented the classical name of ''Palladio'' for his friend and pupil Andrea. In 1541 Palladio went to Rome to study the ancient monuments. Significant dates: : in Lonedo. : in Bagnolo. : of Vicenza. :. : and the palace of Iseppo De' Porti . : he works on Casa Antonini and in Vicenza begins with ''palazzo Thiene''. While his assignments increase along with his fame, he collaborates with the patriarch of Aquileia on the edition of a book on 'Vitruvio', providing the drawings. : in the Po river valley : and probably in the same year begins the construction of ''villa Malcontenta''. : in the village of Fanzolo di Vedelago. : of St. George in Venice, and subsequently the facade of the Monastery ''Monastero per la Carità '' and Villa Serego . , in '' I Quattro Libri Dell'Architettura '' 1570]] : and work on San Giorgio Maggiore . : in Vicenza and Villa Pisani in Montagnana. : 1566 : ''palazzo Valmarana'' and ''villa Zeno''. : :'' (The Four Books of Architecture). : 1571 : Realises: ''villa Piovene'', ''palazzo Porto Barbaran'', the ''loggia del Capitanio'' and ''palazzo Porto Breganze''. : and works on studies for the front of ''S. Petronio'' in Bologna. :''. : 1580 : Prepares drawings for the interior of the church of ''S. Lucia'' in Venice and in the same year on the 23rd of March oversees the beginning of the construction of the ''Teatro Olimpico''. EXTERNAL LINKS
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