"Vignola codified the rules of Classical Architecture for the Italian Renaissance .
During this American Renaissance were built countless libraries, museums, universities, courthouses, capitol buildings and other structures, both public and private, ric.
Ware codified Vignola for the American Renaissance." -- John Barrington Bayley, from the Introductory Notes to The American Vignola From 1890 to 1940, Americans designed and built Classical Architecture on an extraordinary scale. . . "Vignola codified the rules of Classical Architecture for the Italian Renaissance