2012/04/07
105 notes

1560s

Andrea Palladio

Plan, elevation and details of the Round Temple (‘Temple of Vesta’) in the Forum Boarium, Rome

mature handwriting

Plan and elevation: ruler and stylus, compasses, pen and brown ink, brush and pale grey wash; details: pen and brown ink, drawn freehand; underdrawing and some calculations in black chalk or graphite; the note at the bottom of the page was added later by Palladio in a darker ink;  London, RIBA Library, Drawings and Archives Collection, SC213/VIII lbr (right)

Palladio Beltramini G, Burns H, 2008,

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