Definition of Palladio

1. Noun. Highly original and much imitated Italian architect (1508-1580).

Exact synonyms: Andrea Palladio
Generic synonyms: Architect, Designer
Derivative terms: Palladian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palladio

Palfyn's sinus
Palgrave
Palikir
Palinism
Palinista
Palinistas
Palinuridae
Palinurus
Palio di Siena
Palisades
Paliurus
Paliurus spina-christi
Pall Mall
Palladian
Palladio
Pallas
Pallas's cat
Pallas Athena
Pallas Athene
Pallottine
Palm Beach
Palm Sunday
Palma
Palmaceae
Palmae
Palmales
Palmas
Palmer
Palmer's notation

Literary usage of Palladio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"palladio is supposed to have been the son of a carpenter named Pietro, ... He became the protege of Trissino, who gave him the name palladio (from Pallas, ..."

2. Renaissance and Modern Art by William Henry Goodyear (1908)
"The last great architect of the Renaissance was palladio, 1518-1580. ... The great merit of palladio was his disposition of interior apartments and his ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"The principal palladio-chlorides which have been examined are those with the chlorides of potassium and sodium, and with hydrochlo- rate of ammonia, ..."

4. Studies in Architecture by Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1905)
"ANDREA palladio IN the Museo Civico at Vicenza there is a photograph of a portrait medallion of palladio, showing the features of a man of thirty, ..."

5. Studies in Architecture by Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1905)
"ANDREA palladio IN the Museo Civico at Vicenza there is a photograph of a portrait medallion of palladio, showing the features of a man of thirty, ..."

6. The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs by Arthur Thomas Malkin (1835)
"palladio is distinguished among the renowned professors of his age as the chief modifier of the revived style of Roman architecture. ..."

7. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"R. Robinson, 1592 t palladio, Andrew. Architec- 8vo. Bright, 10s. ... Fabbriche antiche disegnate da Andrea palladio e date in Luce da Riccardo Conte de ..."

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