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Which features of the Basilica in Vicenza came from Sebastiano Serlio and Jacopo Sansovino?
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Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotonda, near Vicenza, Italy, by Andrea Palladio, 1550–51.
For the reconstruction of the town hall in Vicenza, known as the Basilica, Andrea Palladio designed a two-story arcade to recase the existing structure. The architectural motifs utilized for this arcade were derived from the following sources:1
- Sebastiano Serlio: Palladio incorporated motifs from Serlio’s work, specifically the three-part opening known as the Palladian motif, which is also referred to as the Serlian motif or Serliana.21
- Jacopo Sansovino: Palladio drew inspiration from the architectural elements of Sansovino’s Old Library of St. Mark’s in Venice.1
These influences allowed Palladio to create an arcade that was suited to both the original Gothic style of the building and the dimensions of the classical orders, resulting in a design of great proportional subtlety.1