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ROMANESQUE GOTHIC
1. Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale)
– Venice Italy an elegant exotic
building.
 ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTERS - a lace-like
tracery of the first floor arcade,
an exuberantly sculpted main
entrance (Porta della Cartal)
and a remarkable tiara-like
stone crest – roofline
 ARCHITECTURAL
THEORIES – the 7 lamps of
architecture by John Ruskin,
which describes the seven
principles of architecture –
beauty, truth, sacrifice, power,
life, obedience, and memory.
 ARCHITECTS – the notable
architects of the Doge’s
Palace are Giovanni and
Bartolomeo Buon.
 ARCHITECTURAL
TERMS -
2. Ca d’ Oro – Locate in Venice’s
Grand Canal also known as the
“Golden House”.
 ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTERS – decorative
arcades and central courtyards
for ventilation, the marble
traceries of the first and second
floors and the parapets of the
windows and the balconies and
the cornice and cresting, with
their graceful and delicate
forms, follow the local Venetian
taste that was later imitated. The
name was derived from the
profusion of gold used on its
facade
 ARCHITECTURAL
THEORIES –
 ARCHITECTS – the notable
architects of the Ca d’ Oro are
Giovanni and Bartolomeo
Buon.
 ARCHITECTURAL TERMS
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