93 — Andrea Palladio 3 — Palladian Palazzi
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The Giant Order of the Temple
It's got some things that Michelangelo was doing a little bit earlier. So the gap between the columns starts to be filled and you're starting to get a grid. In the middle, there's a band which feels like a kind of cornice. And then there's some wall, which is plaster made to look like ashlar masonry with architectural details. Then in that, there are openings,. And there's a little order. There's a circle. The same thing shrunk down as if you've got two buildings superimposed on each other - one horizontally banded and one of which is a single grand building. That feels much more modern than the earlier ones. Also, because all
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