Palladiana
Palladiana, a biannual newsletter published in spring and fall, is mailed to all members. It features articles about Palladio and classical architecture in the US, and information about upcoming CPSA tours and events. Calder Loth, architectural historian, is the editor in chief of Palladiana.
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Submissions
We welcome submissions to Palladiana. We like research or articles about Palladio and the influence of his work on American architecture as well as reviews of books on the subject. Submissions should be approximately 1500-2000 words with illustrations or photographs as possible. Please contact us by email to suggest your article and word count. Review the online versions of Palladiana to get an idea of the articles we print. Contact
Fall 2024
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The Frieze Windows of Monticello: A Surprising Palladian Adaptation
Noah Duell
President’s Letter: CPSA Opportunities for Participation
Bryan Clark Green And Dale Hilton, Interim Co-Presidents
The Golden Module of Villa Forni Cerato
Rita Francesca Grandi
Vitruvian Wave
Calder Loth
Spring 2024
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An American Palladian Prototype: Charleston’s Miles Brewton House
C. Allan Brown
President’s Letter
CPSA President Retires: Co-presidents to Serve
by John J. Zeugner
Mapping the Villa: The Icon and the Farm
by Andrew Johnston and Will Rourk
Fall 2023
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The Significance of a Portico: Charleston’s Miles Brewton House
by C. Allan Brown
President’s Letter:Tours, Award, and Seeking Board Members
by John J. Zeugner
Palladio in Moscow
by Calder Loth
CPSA Summer Tours
Palladians in Northern UK
CPSA Annual Meeting
Andy Johnston’s Research Award
Remembering Mary Lee Allen
Spring 2023
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Jefferson Improves on Palladio
by Travis McDonald
President’s Letter: New Staff and Trips
by John J. Zeugner
Louisa County Palladianism
by Calder Loth
Palladian Might-Have-Been: Loggia del Capitaniato and Palazzo Porto Breganze
by Calder Loth
New Board Members
UVA Students Abroad: Palladianism and Regionalism
Fall 2022
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Supplanting the Temple: The Rise of Neoclassical Interior
by Gardiner Hallock
President’s Letter
Historic Petersburg: Annual Meeting October 2022
by John J. Zeugner
Palladio at Blandfield
by Richard J. Lundgren
Book Review
Classical Architecture: The Poetics of Order
UVA A-Students Return to Vicenza and Venice
Spring 2022
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Farmington Icehouse: Renovated for Reuse
by Blake McDonald
President’s Letter: The Barboursville Ruins and Winery
2021 Annual Meeting Meeting
by John J. Zeugner
Baltimore’s Architectural Treasurers
by Calder Loth
The Palladian Arch: Its Origins and Appearance in America
by Calder Loth
Fall 2021
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Learning Design through Drawing: Inspiring Discovery
by William Sherman
President’s Letter: After a Pandemic Year
Farewell to a Classicist
by John J. Zeugner
Barboursville: Building the Models*
by Bryan Green
Charles Menefee’s Veneto Drawings
Baltimore Tour
Spring 2021
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Recording the Ruins: 3D Documentation of Barboursville
by Bryan Clark Green
President’s Letter: CPSA Looks to its Past and Beyond the Pandemic
by Calder Loth, Vice-President
CPSA 40 Years Later, Part II
by John J. Zeugner
UVA’s Venice and Veneto Programs
by William Sherman
Virtual Visit to Bremo
Cox Joins CPSA Emeritus Board
Fall 2020
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CPSA Celebrates 40th Birthday
by John J. Zeugner
President’s Letter: Pursuing Palladio Amid the Pandemic
by John J. Zeugner
From Baroque to Palladian: The Two Faces of Wentworth Woodhouse
by Dylan Wayne Spivey
Moral Treatment: Thomas R. Blackburn and Western State Hospital
by Bryan Clark Green
Virtual Visit to Bremo
Vicenza: The Practice of Drawing
by Mingyue Nan
Spring 2020
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Because of the pandemic, we are making this issue available immediately online for those of you who can access digitally. We hope you will enjoy it in this time of the coronavirus-imposed sheltering in place.
You may also access more information about classical architecture through a series of lectures by Calder Loth. The links to the sereis can be found in the Resources section of this website.
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Jefferson Versus Latrobe: Reconstructing the Lost Vision
by Richard Chenoweth
President’s Letter: 40th Birthday for CPSA
by John J. Zeugner
Exploring Palladio in Southern England
by Calder Loth
The “Four Causes” and Palladio’s Villa Emo
by Paul Benavente and Madison Brake
Palladianism in Northern England
Drawing at Vicenza
by Jiawei Chen
Fall 2019
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Barboursville: Iterations of the “Rotunda House”
by Henry Hull
President’s Letter: Tours and Travels at Home and Abroad
by John J. Zeugner
Restoration at John Hartwell Cocke’s Bremo
by Gibson Worsham
Villa Forni Cerato: Palladio’s Re-Design of an Old House
by R. Francesca Grandi
CPSA Tour: Architect Thomas R. Blackburn
Staunton, Virgina | November 23, 2019
Chrysler Museum Exhibition
TJ & Palladio: Democracy and Conflicts of Ideals
CPSA Awards Fellowship, Dylan Spivey
Andy Johnson, a new board member
Spring 2019
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Out of Oxford: The Making of Early American Architect William Buckland
by Carter Lively and Rachel Lovett
The President’s Letter: Veneto on Our Mind
by John J. Zeugner
On the Palladian Trail
by Calder Loth
The Drawing Place
by Ailsa Thai
Palladio In Context
by Aisha Sawatsky
Farmington’s Many Faces
Fall 2018
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Palladio for the Common Man
by Gardiner Hallock
Poplar Forest: Jefferson and Palladio in Spiritual Agreement
by Travis McDonald
The President’s Letter: Palladio at Christopher Newport
by John J. Zeugner
Discovering the Resiliency of the Veneto
by Nicholas Wittofski
A fall 2018 tour of Farmington and a 2019 trip to UK
Spring 2018
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The Real Scamozzi
by Calder Loth
A Leap of Faith
Student essay and drawings from the Vicenza-UVA program
by Yunni Dan
“From the Grounds Up: Thomas Jefferson’s Architecture and Design,”
An exhibit at The Fralin, University of Virginia January–April 2018
Fall 2017 CPSA tour of the restored Rotunda at UVA
Fall 2018 Veneto tour is announced
Fall 2017
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CPSA Tours Jefferson County
by Calder Loth
Scamozzi, Not Scamozzi
by Calder Loth
A Student’s View of Vicenza
by Eleanor Birle
Jill Lord, a new Board member
Spring 2017
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Virginia in the Veneto
History of UVA’s undergraduate and graduate Vicenza and Venice programs
by Bill Sherman
Vicenza Palladio Study Course
One-week program about interactions between Palladio and Veneto artists
by Travis McDonald
Thomas Jefferson Built Monticello: Was Palladio Looking Over his Shoulder? By Nancy R. Whitman, 2016
A children’s primer on Palladio
Reviewed by Calder Loth
Tour Planning Stages
2018 Veneto trip
New Board Members
Elizabeth Chew, Gardiner Hallock, Travis McDonald and Bill Sherman