03 — ARTWORK
General view
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COMMENTARY
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The façades, which have painted decorations (restored 19th century), are of uniform design, with ground-level columned porticos (as recommended by Vitruvius), an upper floor with arched windows and an attic. The baya vaulted division of a nave, aisle, choir, or transept along its longitudinal axis. sequence is broken, however, by two painted triumphal arches (only partly restored), which mark the position of roadways and were almost certainly designed by Bramante. One, positioned near the centre of the short western end, is a single-archThe pointed arch is widely regarded as the main identifiable feature of Gothic architecture (distinct from the round arch of the Romanesque period). The three most common Gothic arches are the Equilateral, Lancet and Tudor. design; in combination with framing pilasters at the upper level, the arrangement closely resembles a slightly earlier archway in the piazza at Brescia.
The photo shows the Piazza Ducale with the tower of the Castello"castle", palace. Sforzesco (Torre del Bramante), attributed to Bramante, in the centre, and one of the painted triumphal arches at right.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {General view by BRAMANTE, Donato},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bramante-donato-r053356686597ec/general-view-rbde4e77eb21490},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
