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The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc. (CPSA) engages in
research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...
and other activities relating to the work of architect
Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio ( ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of th ...
. CPSA was founded as a national
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membership corporation in
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, in 1979.The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc., "Welcome," http://www.palladiancenter.org Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) is often referred to as the most influential
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
in history.See, e.g., Rudolph Wittkower, ''Palladio and English Palladianism'' (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1983), , p. 73: ". . . Palladio had an influence without parallel in the history of architecture." He designed country villas, urban palaces, churches and bridges in the
Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
region of
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in the late
Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
period. Palladio's greatest impact arose from publication (
Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400  ...
, 1570) of his treatise entitled ''
I quattro libri dell'architettura ''I quattro libri dell'architettura'' (''The Four Books of Architecture'') is a treatise on architecture by the architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580), written in Italian. It was first published in four volumes in 1570 in Venice, illustrated wi ...
'' (''The Four Books on Architecture'').Domenico de' Francheschi, printer; translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield as ''The Four Books on Architecture'' (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997), . ''Palladiana: Journal of the Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc.'', is published semi-annually. The Center's books include the 3-volume ''Building by the Book'' series edited by Mario di Valmarana and ''Palladio and America: Selected Papers Presented to the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura'' (1997), Martin-St. Martin Publishing, . edited by Christopher Weeks. Grants have supported publication of Douglas Lewis’ ''The Drawings of Andrea Palladio'' (2nd ed., 2000) Martin-St. Martin Publishing, . and Bryan Clark Green’s ''In Jefferson’s Shadow: The Architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn'' (2006). Princeton Architectural Press, . Other
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supported creation of the Mario di Valmarana Professorship in the
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University of Virginia Board of Visitors, meeting agenda, 19 January 2001. and a National Register Report on Battersea, the important 1768 Palladian-style house in Petersburg, Virginia. ''Preservation: Magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation'' (July/August 2009).


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc. Architectural history Architecture organizations based in the United States 1979 establishments in Virginia Organizations established in 1979 Non-profit organizations based in Charlottesville, Virginia Palladian architecture