Andrea Palladio ............................Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Andrea Palladio
............................Illustrated Architecture
Dictionary
Palladian window
pa LAY dee n
Also called Venetian window, serliana
A window with a central arched section flanked by two narrow rectangular sections
Named after Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580, an Italian Renaissance architect. Palladianism was revived in England in the early 18th century by Lord Burlington and Colen Campbell and influenced American architecture in the late 18th century. Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the University of Virginia are two examples of Palladian influence.In Greek Revival style, Palladian windows evolve into rectangular tripartite forms.
Found in Beaux Arts Classicism, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Neoclassicism, Shingle, Queen Anne styles
See also an example of a Palladian door
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: Williams-Pratt House
- Birge Mansion
- 1115 Delaware Avenue
- Fairfield Library
- Ansley Wilcox Mansion / Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
- J. M. Bemis House
- Maytham Houses /Millonzi House
- 371 Depew Ave. - Palladian French windows (doors)
- 90 Lincoln Pkwy
- 460 Norwood Avenue "rainbow"
- Photo: 100 York Street
