HISTORY OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
DUOMO, MILANO No.1

: Duomo, Milano; Italy, Milano; 1386-1577, west front 1616-1813

West front
- The biggest and greatest late gothic architecture in Italy.
The gothic style is unfamiliar in Italy and the renaissance style is essencially Italian.

Flying buttress.
- Extremely linear design shows unstructural power against it's structure.

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photo:SHOJI HIRAMATSU

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