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AESTHETICS
STRUCTURE AND DESIGN
western aesthetic -
Greece and Rome -
proportion, harmony, and coherence -
eastern aesthetic -
Byzantium and Islam -
space and complexity of form -
ornamentation -
Venice
RENAISSANCE STYLES
EARLY RENAISSANCE
mainland expansion -
its effect on Venetian architectural tastes -
Lombard stonecutters -
their origin and training - on their style -
Mauro Codussi -
his work in Venice -
Istrian stone - on the role of religious orders -
the war of Cambrai and its impact on architecture in Venice
“ROMAN” RENAISSANCE
the Sack of Rome -
Venice as “New Rome” -
Sebastiano Serlio -
his treatises -
the “Serlian” window -
Jacopo Sansovino -
his influence -
the papalists -
their role in architectural commissions
ANDREA PALLADIO
CIVIC ARCHITECTURE
project for Doge's Palace -
project for Rialto Bridge
SACRED ARCHITECTURE
the Roman temple as prototype -
the temple and basilica floor plans compared -
the facade and the articulation of interior space -
the superimposed pediment as solution
CHURCHES IN VENICE
San Pietro di Castello -
San Francesco della Vigna -
San Giorgio Maggiore -
Santissimo Redentore -
Santa Maria della Presentazione “Zitelle”
PALLADIO'S LEGACY
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
the thermal window -
colossal orders
BAROQUE
Baldassare Longhena: Santa Maria dei Derelitti and Santa Maria della
Salute -
Giuseppe Sardi: San Salvador, San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, Santa Maria di Nazaret, and Santa Maria del Giglio -
Alessandro Tremignan: San Moise' -
Domenico Rossi: San Stae and Sant Maria Assunta “Gesuiti”
ROCOCO AND NEO-PALLADIAN
Giorgio Massari: Santa Maria del Rosario “Gesuati” and Santa Maria della Pietà -
Andrea Tirali: San Vidal
PALLADIANISM
the Four Books on Architecture -
Palladianism as erudite architecture -
as embodiment of political ideals and social status -
the superimposed pediment in the Anglo-American context -
Palladian architecture in the British Isles, America, and Russia
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