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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

Notes:

Classical dress, Greco- Roman togas

Greco-Roman columns

The Roman Arch

Figure 2 -- Ascension of St. John (Giotto)

Figure 3 - Typical Gothic

Cathedral Skeleton

Notes:

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