A Venetian window (also known as a Serlian window ) is a large tripartite window which is a key element in Palladian architecture . Although Sebastiano Serlio (1475–1554) did not invent it, the window features largely in the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) and is almost a trademark of his early career. The true Palladian window is an elaborated version. Both the Venetian window or Serlian window and the Palladian window were inspired by Hellenistic and Roman examples which are part of the classical tradition and related to prestige and sacredness.
11-468: The Venetian window consists of an arched central light, symmetrically flanked by two shorter sidelights . Each sidelight is flanked by two columns or pilasters and topped by a small entablature . The entablatures serve as imposts supporting the semicircular arch that tops the central light. In the library at Venice, Sansovino varied the design by substituting columns for the two inner pilasters. To describe its origin as being either Palladian or Venetian
22-422: A building is a window , usually with a vertical emphasis, that flanks a door or a larger window. Sidelights are narrow, usually stationary and found immediately adjacent to doorways. While most commonly found as supporting elements emphasizing the importance of a primary entrance, sidelights may be employed at any interior or exterior door where a visual emphasis is desired, or where additional light or visibility
33-413: A building's interior with a narrow view of the outdoors and as such doors without sidelights, especially in apartment buildings , should be equipped with a peephole . Window treatment A window treatment is a cover or modification of a window , often with the aim of enhancing the aesthetics of the window and the room. Treatments around the window include: Treatments applied directly to
44-614: A series. It places a larger or giant order in between each window, and doubles the small columns supporting the side lintels, placing the second column behind rather than beside the first. This is introduced in the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, where it is used on both storeys; this feature was less often copied. Here the openings are not strictly windows, as they enclose a loggia . Pilasters might replace columns, as in other contexts. Sir John Summerson suggests that
55-633: Is needed. Sidelights are often found in tandem with transom windows and generally the pane size in the sidelights matches that of the transom. Typically narrow, sidelights can be placed on both or just one side of a door and can include a sash or have glass that is stopped into the frame. While transom windows generally do not have any privacy concerns associated with them because of their height, sidelights usually need to be covered to ensure privacy. Any number of window treatments can be employed to enhance privacy in doorways with sidelights. Miniblinds , micro-miniblinds, and shirred curtains are among
66-428: Is not accurate; the motif was first used by Donato Bramante and later mentioned by Serlio in his seven-volume architectural book Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prospetiva expounding the ideals of Vitruvius and Roman architecture, this arched window is flanked by two lower rectangular openings, a motif that first appeared in the triumphal arches of ancient Rome. Palladio used the motif extensively, most notably in
77-653: The arcades of the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza . It is also a feature of his entrance to Villa Forni Cerato . It is perhaps this extensive use of the motif in the Veneto that has given the window its alternative name of the Venetian window; it is also known as a Serlian window. Whatever the name or the origin, this form of window has probably become one of the most enduring features of Palladio's work seen in
88-587: The drawing to Scamozzi . Burlington employed the motif in 1721 for an elevation of Tottenham Park in Savernake Forest for his brother-in-law Lord Bruce (since remodelled). Kent picked it up in his designs for the Houses of Parliament, and it appears in Kent's executed designs for the north front of Holkham Hall . The Ipswich window is another variant. Sidelight A sidelight or sidelite in
99-522: The later architectural styles evolved from Palladianism. According to James Lees-Milne , its first appearance in Britain was in the remodeled wings of Burlington House , London, where the immediate source was actually in Inigo Jones 's designs for Whitehall Palace rather than drawn from Palladio himself. The Palladian window or "Palladio motif" is Palladio's elaboration of this, normally used in
110-470: The omission of the doubled columns may be allowed, but "the term "Palladian motif" should be confined" to cases where the larger order is present. A variant, in which the motif is enclosed within a relieving blind arch that unifies the motif, is not Palladian, though Burlington seems to have assumed it was so, in using a drawing in his possession showing three such features in a plain wall (see illustration of Claydon House right). Modern scholarship attributes
121-455: The window treatments that offer an increased level of privacy. Another choice is stained or beveled glass , which can offer some privacy while also contributing to the overall beauty of a building's design. When approaching building security sidelights can factor into entrance security. For instance, for proper security a sidelight should only be installed on the side of the door without the door knob or handle. Sidelights provide people on
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