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The adjective “transatlantic” in the title of this show refers not only to the fact that the 31 drawings on show have been lent by the Royal Institute of British Architects, which has organised the exhibition, from its archive of architectural prints and drawings in London, but also to Palladio’s influence on American neo-classical architecture from the colonial period to the present day.
In addition to the drawings, there are three large architectural models—of the Pantheon, the Villa Rotunda and an unbuilt version of the White House—along with smaller models, architectural texts and pattern books through which Palladio’s ideas were transmitted, most of all the highly influential Il Quattro Libri dell’Archittetura (Four Books of Architecture) of which a first edition is on show. D.L
Timothy Richards, Plaster model of the US Capitol
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