How did the Palazzo Chiericati develop Andrea Palladio’s ideas about a Roman forum?

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In the design of the Palazzo Chiericati, Andrea Palladio further developed his earlier concept from the Palazzo Civena, which had first introduced his interpretation of a Roman forum.12

At the Palazzo Civena, Palladio had experimented with incorporating a traditional northern Italian arcaded pavement behind the main elevation, reinterpreting it as an imitation of an ancient Roman forum. With the Palazzo Chiericati (1550), he expanded this idea by creating a block with its axis parallel to the pavement, which he then enveloped in a loggia, or roofed open gallery. This design was further distinguished by a tripartite division of the colonnaded elevation, an innovation that provided the building with a definite central focus. Through these elements, Palladio sought to translate the public, civic character of a Roman forum into the private architectural language of a palace.21