{"product_id":"the-perfect-house-a-journey-with-renaissance-master-andrea-palladio-9780743205870","title":"The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio","description":"\"Palladio is the Bible,\" Thomas Jefferson once said. \"You should get it and stick to it.\" With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident in the ample porches, columned porticoes, grand ceilings, and front-door pediments of America today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect House, \u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Witold Rybczynski, whose previous books (\u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Clearing in the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNow I Sit Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e) have transformed our understanding of domestic architecture, reveals how a handful of Palladio's houses in an obscure corner of the Venetian Republic should have made their presence felt hundreds of years later and halfway across the globe. More than just a study of one of history's seminal architectural figures, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect House\u003c\/i\u003e reflects Rybczynski's enormous admiration for his subject and provides a new way of looking at the special landscapes we call \"home\" in the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRybczynski, Witold:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Witold Rybczynski has written about architecture and urbanism for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eA Clearing in the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Biography of a Building\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Mysteries of the Mall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNow I Sit Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of the National Building Museum's 2007 Vincent Scully Prize, he lives with his wife in Philadelphia, where he is emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460911796498,"sku":"9780743205870","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33cfe9e1-b2f1-4270-8110-f6c880ff5d61.jpg?v=1730050189","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-perfect-house-a-journey-with-renaissance-master-andrea-palladio-9780743205870","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}