Italianate
Like Renaissance villas
Italianate describes something having Italian characteristics or style, especially in architecture and design.
An Italianate building features elements borrowed from Italian Renaissance models—low-pitched roofs, decorative brackets, tall windows, and ornamental details: The neighborhood is full of Italianate row houses from the 1870s.
The term can also describe manners, customs, or aesthetics influenced by Italian culture.
Italian grand residence
- villaStately country residence
- loggiaRoofed open-air gallery
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- cupolaSmall rooftop dome
cornice · arcade · portico · pediment · pilaster · quoin · belvedere · stucco
Carefully trimmed and tended
- fountainWater-spouting structure
- terracePaved outdoor extension
- parterrePatterned ornamental garden beds
- cypressDurable-wooded coniferous evergreen
statuary · grotto · pergola · topiary · balustrade · urn · promenade · geometric
Property and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- country houseGrand rural residence
- verandaRoofed open-air porch
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
tower · cupola · verandah · picturesque · suburban · bracketed · porch · Tuscan
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- Da VinciTuscan Renaissance polymath
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
- classicismAdherence to ancient artistic principles
patronage · Medici · Florence · Petrarch · Machiavelli · Borgia · chiaroscuro · perspective
Wall-applied artwork
- plasterWall-coating paste
- giornataItalian word for day
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
trompe-l'oeil · cycle · narrative · allegory · mythology · iconography · Giotto · Tiepolo
Spiral ornamental design
- rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
flourishes · embellished · decorative · ornamentation · gilded · elaborate · intricate · acanthus
palazzo
Italian grand residence
- villaStately country residence
- loggiaRoofed open-air gallery
- balustradeRail supported by posts
cupola · cornice · arcade · portico · pediment · pilaster · quoin · belvedere · stucco · terracotta
manicured
Carefully trimmed and tended
- fountainWater-spouting structure
- terracePaved outdoor extension
- parterrePatterned ornamental garden beds
cypress · statuary · grotto · pergola · topiary · balustrade · urn · promenade · geometric · boxwood
estate
Property and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- country houseGrand rural residence
- verandaRoofed open-air porch
symmetry · tower · cupola · verandah · picturesque · suburban · bracketed · porch · Tuscan · revival
humanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- Da VinciTuscan Renaissance polymath
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
classicism · patronage · Medici · Florence · Petrarch · Machiavelli · Borgia · chiaroscuro · perspective · sonnet
mural
Wall-applied artwork
cartoon · trompe-l'oeil · cycle · narrative · allegory · mythology · iconography · Giotto · Tiepolo · ceiling
scrollwork
Spiral ornamental design
- rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
filigree · flourishes · embellished · decorative · ornamentation · gilded · elaborate · intricate · acanthus · cartouche
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod
- American housesranch, bungalow, colonial, Cape Cod, farmhouse
- historic architectureVersailles, Blenheim Palace, Hampton Court, Monticello, Mount Vernon
- historic homesmansion, manor house, manor houses, plantation house, colonial house
- home stylescolonial, craftsman, ranch, Victorian, Tudor
- Renaissance artMichelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian
ItalianateGothic Revival
Architectural return to medieval forms
Tudor · Victorian Gothic · Romanesque · Queen Anne · Craftsman
ItalianateGermanic
Of Teutonic language stock
Nordic · Teutonic · Scandinavian · Northern European · Anglo-Saxon