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Portuguese Plain Style Architecture
Portuguese Plain Style architecture (''Estilo Chão'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese) refers to a 16th century Portuguese architectural style related to early Mannerism marked by austerity and sobriety of form. The term was coined by the American art historian George Kubler, who defines this style as "vernacular architecture, related to the traditions of a living dialect more than to the great authors of Classical Antiquity". This same author traces the origin of this style back to suggestions by Italian military architects, although there may be influences from Northern Europe and from the Portuguese architectural tradition itself. Although often associated with the unadorned Spanish style, the truth is that this style predates the Spanish one by about a decade, corresponding to a change in taste during the reign of John III of Portugal, King John III of Portugal, in which the monarch sought "clarity, order, proportion and simplicity". Compared with the Spanish style, the human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faro Paço Episcopal R02
Faro may refer to: Places Africa * Faro (department), North Province, Cameroon * Faro National Park, Cameroon Americas * Faro, Pará, Brazil, a municipality * Faro, Yukon, Canada, a town ** Faro (electoral district) ** Faro Airport (Yukon) ** Faro/Johnson Lake Water Aerodrome * Faro, Missouri, an unincorporated community, USA * Faro, North Carolina, an unincorporated community, USA Europe * Faro District, the southern district covering the Algarve in southern Portugal ** Faro, Portugal, the municipality and main city of the district *** Faro railway station, the city's main railway station ** Faro Airport, the main regional airport in the district ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Faro, serving the district * Farø, an island in Denmark * Fårö, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea * Faro Point, the northeastern point of Sicily, Italy Extraterrestrial * 9358 Fårö, a main belt asteroid People * Saint Faro, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meaux, France * Faro (surname) * Faro, pen name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |