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Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotonda, near Vicenza, Italy, by Andrea Palladio, 1550–51.
Following the death of Andrea Palladio, several of his unfinished projects—including the Basilica in Vicenza, the Villa Rotonda, the Teatro Olimpico, and two Venetian churches—were continued by his followers.1
The most notable of these architects was Vincenzo Scamozzi (1552–1616), who famously completed the Teatro Olimpico in 1585 by adding the model streets behind the doorways of the frons scaenae. Another figure involved in the continuation of his work was O. Bertotti-Scamozzi (1719–1790).12
It is important to note that because of the changing architectural tastes of the period, these projects were often completed in ways that were not strictly in accordance with Palladio’s original designs.1