Palladio's villas emphasized symmetry in their design, as seen through an examination of Villa Cornaro, La Rotunda, Villa Barbaro, and Villa Emo. The document discusses these four villas and how Palladio's concept of symmetry, influenced by Vitruvian man, is prominent in each villa's architecture.

1. Through an examination of four specific villas, discuss the primacy of symmetry in Palladio’s thinking.

2. Andrea Palladio

3. The villas 1. Villa Cornado 2. La Rotanda 3. Villa Barbaro 4. Villa Emo

4. Vitruvian man

5. Villa Cornaro

7. La Rotunda

11. Villa Barbaro

17. Villa Emo goes here.