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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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