# Della architettura di Gio. Antonio Rusconi [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUSCONI, Giovanni Antonio]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Printed book with woodcut illustrations, 31 x 21 x 2 cm ## Commentary Della architettura di Gio. Antonio Rusconi 1590 Printed book with woodcut illustrations, 31 x 21 x 2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rusconi's contemporary reputation was based chiefly on the Doge's Palace and on his writings. Although he worked with Palladio, relations between them were not close: Rusconi replied to Palladio's Quattro libri \(1570\) with his own treatise, published posthumously as Dell'architettura di Gio. Antonio Rusconi. This did not achieve the fame of Palladio's, and Rusconi's reputation declined with the rise of Palladianism in the 18th century. The text of Rusconi's book, illustrated by Rusconi and published by I Gioliti in Venice in 1590, summarizes precepts of Marcus Pollio Vitruvius. It was dedicated to Francesco Maria II Montefeltro della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. The picture shows the title page of the book. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Prigioni Nuove]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()