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Marriage at Cana (Giotto)
Notes:
Classical Pottery, more like Greek Urns.
Walls painted in classical style
The Roman Arch
Balcony with more Islamic Flavor
Requisite halos above religious figures
More realistic, less idolized characters
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Classical dress, Greco- Roman togas
Greco-Roman columns
The Roman Arch
Figure 2 -- Ascension of St. John (Giotto)
Figure 3 - Typical Gothic
Cathedral Skeleton
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Expansion of Roman arch, multiplied
Greco-Roman columns
Figure 4 - Typical...
Denis' Cathedral
Notes:
Expansion of Roman arch, multiplied
Greco-Roman columns
Classical Decorations on Columns
Figure 7 -- Skeleton and exterior of Brunelleschi's Arch
Figure 6 -- Linear Perspective
Figure 6 -- Architectural example of Brunelleschi's Dome
Note the classical Romanesque arch, inside classical pillars, and while difficult to see, the mythological characters on the top of the dome.
Figure 7 -- Architectural example of inside Brunelleschi's works
Classical columns decorated in Classical Corinthian style, decorated with leaves, scrolls, etc. probably invented about 5th century BC in Greece. Not so common in Greek architecture, but used robustly in Roman architecture (Craven).
Figure 9 -- Ospedale delgli Innocenti
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