designslinger - Word of the Week: Italian Renaissance Revival
[Italian Renaissance Revival (1900) Charles H. Conover House /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
Sometimes called the Italian Renaissance Style, a style of architecture emulating the Renaissance palazzi of northern Italy, most popular in America form about 1890 to 1930;
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houses are usually ornate, two or three stories high and exhibit some of the following characteristics: a different architectural treatment on different stories; a massive cornice; a different type of window on each story; three adjacent windows treated as a single architectural unit;
[Italian Renaissance Revival /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
arches above exterior doors; and often an entablature supported by pilasters over the entrance.
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