Villa Emo In 1539 Leonardo Emo di Alvise inherited a portion of the family property in Fanzolo in Northern Italy from his uncle, a Venetian patrician. The land was acquired as part of an extensive effort by the Venetian nobility to develop the terra firma for agricultural use. Leonardo was seven years old at the time so it was not until around 1559 that he engaged Andrea Palladio to design a new residential complex for the estate. …showed first 75 words of 1972 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1972 total…was influenced more by Palladio than anyone else and his work showed it too. Jefferson however was different; he designed something against anything that was like it in the country. Palladio’s influence is clear but has also altered his home to the surrounding area. Burlington and Jefferson built these houses for themselves, whereas Palladio did not. However Palladio’s influence was so enormous that Jefferson and Burlington incorporated his ideas into their own homes.