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Venetian window at Holkham Hall in Norfolk, England, c. 1734-64 A Venetian window (also known as a Serlian window ) is a large tripartite window which is a key element in Palladian architecture . Although Sebastiano Serlio (1475–1554) did not invent it, the window features largely in the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508 ...
There are two different versions of the motif: the simpler one is called a Venetian window, and the more elaborate a Palladian window or "Palladian motif", although this distinction is not always observed. [22] The Venetian window has three parts: a central high round-arched opening, and two smaller rectangular openings to the sides.
The Serlian window, or Venetian window, also known as a Palladian window, was another common feature of his style, which he used both for windows and the arches of the loggias of his buildings. It consists of an arched window flanked by two smaller square windows, divided by two columns or pilasters and often topped by a small entablature and ...
Venetian glass (Italian: vetro veneziano) is glassware made in Venice, typically on the island of Murano near the city. Traditionally it is made with a soda–lime "metal" and is typically elaborately decorated, with various "hot" glass-forming techniques, as well as gilding , enamel , or engraving .
Compared to the Renaissance architecture of other Italian cities, there was a degree of conservatism, especially in retaining the overall form of buildings, which in the city were usually replacements on a confined site, and in windows, where arched or round tops, sometimes with a classicized version of the tracery of Venetian Gothic ...
An Ipswich window is an adapted form of the Venetian window in which the distinguishing feature is in the arrangement of the panes of glass: A Venetian window has an arched central light, symmetrically flanked by two shorter sidelights; an Ipswich window places the Venetian window within a rectangular frame, adds window panes above the central ...
The Villa from the southwest, showing a Venetian window and chimneys disguised as obelisks. Chiswick House is an example of English Palladian Architecture in Burlington Lane, Chiswick, in the London Borough of Hounslow in England.
The General Post Office Building, Sydney, by James Barnet is in the Venetian Renaissance style. 1866-80. A major 19th-century architect to work extensively in the Palazzo style was Edmund Blacket. Blacket arrived in Sydney, Australia, just a few years before the discovery of gold in NSW and Victoria in 1851. Within the next decade he built the ...