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in between each window, and doubles the small columns supporting the side lintels, placing the second column behind rather than beside the first. This is introduced in the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, where it is used on both storeys; this feature was less often copied. Here the openings are not
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that has given the window its alternative name of the Venetian window; it is also known as a Serlian window. Whatever the name or the origin, this form of window has probably become one of the most enduring features of Palladio's work seen in the later architectural styles evolved from Palladianism.
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that unifies the motif, is not Palladian, though Burlington seems to have assumed it was so, in using a drawing in his possession showing three such features in a plain wall (see illustration of Claydon House right). Modern scholarship attributes the drawing to
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for his brother-in-law Lord Bruce (since remodelled). Kent picked it up in his designs for the Houses of Parliament, and it appears in Kent's executed designs for the north front of
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varied the design by substituting columns for the two inner pilasters. To describe its origin as being either Palladian or Venetian is not accurate; the motif was first used by
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suggests that the omission of the doubled columns may be allowed, but "the term "Palladian motif" should be confined" to cases where the larger order is present.
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expounding the ideals of Vitruvius and Roman architecture, this arched window is flanked by two lower rectangular openings, a motif that first appeared in the
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were inspired by Hellenistic and Roman examples which are part of the classical tradition and related to prestige and sacredness.
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or "Palladio motif" is Palladio's elaboration of this, normally used in a series. It places a larger or
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The Venetian window consists of an arched central light, symmetrically flanked by two shorter
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supporting the semicircular arch that tops the central light. In the library at Venice,
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Palladio used the motif extensively, most notably in the arcades of the
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and later mentioned by Serlio in his seven-volume architectural book
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A variant, in which the motif is enclosed within a relieving
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Pair of Palladian windows on wings of south front of
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Holkham Hall
Palladian architecture
Sebastiano Serlio
Andrea Palladio
trademark
Palladian window
sidelights
pilasters
entablature
imposts
Sansovino
Donato Bramante
Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prospetiva
triumphal arches
Basilica Palladiana
Vicenza
Villa Forni Cerato
Veneto
James Lees-Milne
Burlington House
Inigo Jones
Whitehall Palace
Palladian window
giant order
loggia
Pilasters
John Summerson
blind arch
Scamozzi

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