Andrea Palladio · The Second Book
Chapter V. Of the Atrio with four columns
THE following design is of the Atrio with four columns; which is in breadth three parts of five of its length. The wings are the fourth part of the length. The columns are Corinthian; their diameter is half the breadth of the wings. The uncover’d part is a third part of the breadth of the Atrio, and as long. From the Atrio through the Tablino one passes into the Peristilio; which is in length one square and a half. The columns of the first order are Dorick, and the portico’s are as broad as the said columns are long. Those above, that is, of the second order, are Ionick, one fourth part less than those of the first, under which there is a Poggio, or pedestal, two foot and three quarters high, A, Atrio. G, the uncover’d part of the Atrio, with B, Tablino. balustrades round it. C, door of the Tablino. H, the wings of the Atrio. D, portico of the Perifilio. 1, frize of the cornice of the Atria. B, rooms near the Atrio. K, solid part over the columns.
F, Loggia thro which one enters the Atrio, L, measure of ten feet.
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