# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PRETI, Francesco Maria]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary PRETI, Francesco Maria \(b. 1701, Castelfranco Veneto, d. 1774, Castelfranco Veneto\) Exterior view 1735-56 Photo Villa Pisani, Stra In his design for Villa Pisani in Stra, Francesco Maria Preti was looking straight back to the Palladian villa all'antica, for instance, in his use of a central temple façade. However, compared with Palladio's villas, the sheer size of Villa Pisani was radically different. This difference in dimensions was due to the influence of palace architecture.This also applied to the addition, on the garden side, of a complete storey on the attic floor. The photo shows the façade. ## Related artworks - [General view]() - [Villa Marcello: Façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()