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Title: Andrea Palladio, his life and works
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953
Subjects: Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
Publisher: London, G. Bell and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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rth aisle in the church, which containssome forty sketches relating to this facade, dating from thefifteenth to the seventeenth century. These are by GiulioRomano (a pupil of Raphael), Palladio, Vignola and others.Bertotti describes how thirty-five architects in all were con-sulted during the progress of the church, and how it wasdecided to raise the height of the interior from 114 feet to120 feet. In the workshop already referred to is also to beseen a model of the church in wood. It was commenced in 1390, in emulation of the Cathedralat Florence. Some idea of its size can be imagined whenwe find that its area, if completed, would have rivalled St.Peter at Rome. Only about a third of the design has beencarried out and the facade has remained uncompleted.Palladio prepared five designs for it, three being 114 feet inheight, and the fourth 120 feet. In two of these designs asingle Corinthian order of two dimensions is employed,resting on pedestals of different height in each design. The
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CHURCHES 9i height of the column is the same in each case, the entab-lature and pedestals being varied in position. The entab-latures of the smaller order are carried through between themain columns. We can see traces of his endeavour toproduce a similar treatment to that of his Venetian churches,especially to that of S. Francesca della Vigna, but in thiscase he had to deal with an interior of five divisions, consist-ing of a central nave, two aisles, beyond which, on each side,extended a series of chapels. Palladio has indicated thesedivisions in all his designs for this facade. The designNo. 2 has an attic of small pilasters, in front of which arestatues, crowned by a pediment. In design No. 1 the pedi-ment starts from the main cornice and an attic is placedover this. The difficulty Palladio was contending with was theapplication of a classic facade to a Gothic structure. In theformer breadth and not height is the chief characteristic.Both of these designs suffer from having the sty

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