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A Palladian window is a large window that is divided into three parts. The center section is larger than the two side sections, and is usually arched. Renaissance architecture and other buildings in classical styles often have Palladian windows.

 


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
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palladian window
A three part window featuring a large ached center and flanking rectangular sidelights.
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Palladian window - A window with a central arch and two sidelights
parapet - A low wall or protective railing used along a roof or balcony ...

PALLADIAN WINDOW A three-part, round-arched window, named for the 15th century Italian architect Andreas Palladino, also known as a Venetian Window and common in the Georgian and Colonial Revival styles.

Palladian Window -- A window with three openings, the central one arched and wider than the flanking ones.
Pediment -- A triangular space in an gable closed on all three sides.

Palladian Window - A window divide into three parts: a large, arched central window, flanked by two smaller rectangular windows. It is sometimes called Venetian window.

Palladian Window
A window with a central arched section flanked by two tall, narrow rectangular sections.
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Palladian window: A large, arch-top window flanked by smaller windows on each side.
Panel: Usually refers to the glazed panel or panels in a door frame.

Palladian window: Common in high-style Georgian and Federal houses, the classical Palladian window (named for Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580) is composed of a major tall, ...

Palladian window - a window of large size, characteristic of neoclassical styles, divided by columns or piers, resembling pilasters, into three lights, the middle one of which is wider and taller than the others, and is roundheaded.

Palladian window : A Palladian window is a large window which is divided into three parts. The center section is larger than the two side sections, and is usually arched.

Palladian Window
Named after the Renaissance architect Palladio, this is a symmetrical window design that encompasses a central window with a round-headed arch flanked by two lower windows. These are popular in Renaissance and Post Modern designs.

PALLADIAN WINDOW
Assembly of windows in which two lights flank one with an arched top.
PARAPET
Low wall or barrier railing at a balcony or roof edge.

Palladian windows/doors - a round-headed window or door flanked by lower rectangular windows, and separated by columns
parapet - a protective railing or low wall at the edge of a roof, balcony or terrace ...

Palladian window A three-part window opening with a tall, round-arched center window flanked by smaller rectangular windows and separated by posts or pilasters.

Palladian windows are named after the 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio, who used this window design in developing what is known as the Palladian style of architecture.

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The Palladian, or Serlian, arch or window, as interpreted by Palladio. Detail of drawing from Quattro Libri dell'Architettura.
Late 18th century Palladian window in a neoclassical interpretation by Robert Adam.

Prominent Federal features include bilateral symmetry of the facade, ballustrade at the roof line, Palladian windows on the second floor, string course (i.e. belt course) separating the first and second floors, and classical columns on the portico.

The only new combination of the 16th century in Italy, which was largely adopted in England by Inigo Jones and his followers in the 17th and 18th centuries, is the so-called Venetian or Palladian window, ...

Second story 3-part palladian windows with an arched middle section are common over the main entry
Side or front gables with palladian windows or fan-shaped windows ...

Also called a Serlian motif, Serliana, Palladian window and Venetian window.

Other ornamentation is primarily based on curved lines, as well as a Palladian window set within a recessed wall arch, and circular or elliptical windows.

Similar fans or fanlights are often found in the gable end in the attic area of the building. Very stylish buildings may have a three part window, called a Palladian window, on the second floor above the door.

are from the queen anne influence while sculpted shapes, Romanesque arches, and rough faced square stone migrated from the Richardsonian Romanesque style. From the colonial revival came the gambrel roofs, classical columns, and palladian windows ...

Venetian window also called a Palladian window or a serliana, this decorative window is characterized by a central arched opening, wider and taller than its flanking openings, which have flat entablatures; ...

See also: Palladian, House, Architecture, Classical, Door