Venetian window
The Venetian window (also Palladio motif or Serliana ) is a modification of the triumphal arch scheme . It is a portal or window opening vaulted with a round arch , which is flanked laterally by narrower and lower rectangular openings, over which small round windows ( oculi ) or skylights can be located. Divided into three parts, it is also reminiscent of a triptych , a foldable altarpiece.
Closely related to the Serliana is the Syrian Arch , in which the entablature profiles bend over at the base of the arch and follow its curvature, i.e. do not sit on the architrave of the side windows.
origin
Such a structure was originally used in ancient Roman triumphal arch architecture (Scheme I).
During the Renaissance it was first described in the architecture books ( Sette Libri d'architettura ) by Sebastiano Serlio , which is why it is also called "Serliana". The builders of the 16th century took up this motif. Originally, the height (radius) of the arch was supposed to be one third of the height of the rectangles; However, these rigid proportions were soon abandoned.
The Venetian window (scheme II) first became famous through Andrea Palladio , who used it mainly in his early works; The Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza is well known . Later architects deliberately placed themselves in the footsteps of Palladio and used it as an architectural citation.
Modern times
At the end of the 19th century, the neo-renaissance motif became quite popular for bourgeois apartment buildings and changed to a stylized form (scheme III) up to Art Deco at the beginning of the 20th century .
Today it only appears occasionally as a quotation in window arrangements or loggias, the tradition and meaning of which are usually no longer noticeable to the viewer.
gallery
Palazzo del Te in Mantua (early 16th century)
Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza (mid-16th century)
Santi Barnaba e Paolo in Milan (16th / 17th century)
Palazzo Grassi in Venice (mid-18th century)
literature
- Wilfried Koch: Architectural style . Orbis, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-572-00689-9 .
Web links
- The Palladio motif (published: September 10, 2013).