This work's second portion begins by drawing a line for the reader to demarcate what half of the "Vicentine foot" is, which in turn is divided into twelve inches, which is in turn divided into four minutes.
This work's author calls the titular entity an "imitatrix of nature" in order to promulgate a list of abuses, which at one point recommends to the reader to consult his Books of Antiquities. This work's second portion begins by drawing a line for the reader to demarcate what half of the "Vicentine foot" is, which in turn is divided into twelve inches, which is in turn divided into four minutes. Another part of this work digresses on the construction of roads and bridges, describing the latter in depth by citing the one at Rimino and Julius Caesar's construction of one over the Rhine. It draws (*) on similarly themed treatises of Leon Battista Alberti and Vitruvius to outline a set of nine components on the composition of the Villa after describing the five orders of columns. For 10 points, identify this treatise whose style influenced Thomas Jefferson's construction of Monticello, written by Andrea Palladio.
This work's author calls the titular entity an "imitatrix of nature" in order to promulgate a list of abuses, which at one point recommends to the reader to consult his Books of Antiquities.
Four Books of Architecture or Four Books on Architecture or Quattro Libri dell'Architettura