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THE GARDENS OF ITALY.
366.—VILLA DI MASER : THE MAIN APPROACH.
were early patrons of Palladio. It has even been thought that it was through them
that the young Palladio was able to study at Rome, and thus to amass his great collection of
measured studies of the Roman remains. Probably, with Paul Veronese as painter, Vittoria
as sculptor and Palladio as architect, the two Barbara patrons had as perfect and harmonious a
company as ever engaged in house building. In such good company Palladio may have felt
that there was compensation for a relaxed view of architecture. Suppose, however, that
Pirro Ligorio, northward bound on some journey, had looked in as a caller, Palladio, who must
367.—MASER, NEAR TREVISO. PLAN OF VILLA FOR D. AND M. BARBARO.
From O. B. Scamozzi.
have seen the' Casino del
Papa while at Rome,
would, indeed, have been
hard put to it in
apologising for his stuc-
catore. Of this group of
bright spirits Daniele
seems to have died first,
whereupon Marcantonio
engaged Palladio to build
the church, a very gay
Pantheon in miniature,
which stands on the high
road at the gate of the
villa. On the frieze of
the order of its portico
is an inscription in
large Roman letters.
Local tradition says that
Palladio died at the villa,
and left all his drawings
to the owners, and that it
was from their successors
that Lord Burlington,
travelling in Italy in the
early years of 1700,
THE GARDENS OF ITALY.
366.—VILLA DI MASER : THE MAIN APPROACH.
were early patrons of Palladio. It has even been thought that it was through them
that the young Palladio was able to study at Rome, and thus to amass his great collection of
measured studies of the Roman remains. Probably, with Paul Veronese as painter, Vittoria
as sculptor and Palladio as architect, the two Barbara patrons had as perfect and harmonious a
company as ever engaged in house building. In such good company Palladio may have felt
that there was compensation for a relaxed view of architecture. Suppose, however, that
Pirro Ligorio, northward bound on some journey, had looked in as a caller, Palladio, who must
367.—MASER, NEAR TREVISO. PLAN OF VILLA FOR D. AND M. BARBARO.
From O. B. Scamozzi.
have seen the' Casino del
Papa while at Rome,
would, indeed, have been
hard put to it in
apologising for his stuc-
catore. Of this group of
bright spirits Daniele
seems to have died first,
whereupon Marcantonio
engaged Palladio to build
the church, a very gay
Pantheon in miniature,
which stands on the high
road at the gate of the
villa. On the frieze of
the order of its portico
is an inscription in
large Roman letters.
Local tradition says that
Palladio died at the villa,
and left all his drawings
to the owners, and that it
was from their successors
that Lord Burlington,
travelling in Italy in the
early years of 1700,