Howard Burns Author

Howard Burns (1939-2025) has served as chairman of the Scientific Council of the Andrea Palladio International Centre for Architectural Studies in Vicenza. He was an History of Art professor at Cambridge University, Harvard University, and an History of Architecture professor at the Normale University in Pisa. Guido Beltramini is an Italian architectural historian and exhibition curator. Since 1991, he has been director of the Andrea Palladio International Centre for Architectural Studies in Vicenza. An expert in Renaissance architecture, he has published numerous studies on the subject, including books that have been translated into English, French and German. Fernando Marías is a Professor Emeritus at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and Chair of the Scientific Council of the Andrea Palladio International Centre for Architectural Studies and a member of the Royal Academy of History in Madrid and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Historical Sciences in Toledo.