NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Architecture of Italy

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[+] Ancient Roman architecture
[+] Italian architects

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[+] Buildings and structures in Italy

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[+] Gothic sites in Italy

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[+] Renaissance sites in Italy

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[+] Sicilian Baroque

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[+] Italian architecture writers

Categories: Architecture by country | Arts in Italy The complex and ambitious Italian tradition of illusionistic painting applied the Renaissance confidence in handling perspective to projects for ceilings and overcame the problems of applying linear perspective to the concave surfaces of domes in order to dissolve the architecture and create illusions of limitless space. ... The Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles) is a wide, walled area at the heart of the city of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world. ... St Marks Square, often known in English by its Italian name Piazza San Marco, is the town square of Venice, Italy. ... Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. ... This page refers to the main forum in the centre of Rome. ... The Colosseum in Rome, Italy. ... Trulli roofs from Alberobello. ... Villa Doria Pamphili, on the Gianicolo, the Roman Janiculum, is the largest (180 hectares) public landscaped park of Rome, bought in 1965â€“1971 by the City of Rome from the Doria-Pamphilj familyâ€”the family favor the orthography of the long i. ... Villa Foscari, a great creation by Andrea Palladio, is better known as La Malcontenta. ... Park of the Villa dEste, Carl Blechen, 1830 The gardens at the Villa dEste The Villa dEste is a masterpiece of Italian architecture and garden design. ...

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