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Marriage at Cana (Giotto)

Notes:

Classical Pottery, more like Greek Urns.

Walls painted in classical style

The Roman Arch

Balcony with more Islamic Flavor

Requisite halos above religious figures

More realistic, less idolized characters

Notes:

Classical dress, Greco- Roman togas

Greco-Roman columns

The Roman Arch

Figure 2 -- Ascension of St. John (Giotto)

Figure 3 - Typical Gothic

Cathedral Skeleton

Notes:

Expansion of Roman arch, multiplied

Greco-Roman columns

Figure 4 - Typical Gothic Shape

Figure 5 -- St. Denis' Cathedral

Notes:

Expansion of Roman arch, multiplied

Greco-Roman columns

Classical Decorations on Columns

Figure 7 -- Skeleton and exterior of Brunelleschi's Arch

Figure 6 -- Linear Perspective

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