Word: pallazzo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tucked away behind the MFA. the Gardner Museum in unarguably one of the most enchanting sights in Boston. Fenway Court, the unassuming building in which Isabell Gardner's eclectic collection of mainly European art and design in housed, has an interior modeled after a fifteenth century Venetian Pallazzo, complete with a courtyard of overflowing flora and fountains and topped off with architectural fragments from around the world...
...architectural notion that the aesthetic and the utilitarian inevitably intersect and praised the overall architecture of the building by claiming that it does what it has to do well and pleases by its presence. He illustrated this duality by pointing out that the decorative lacy Venetian crenellations in the Pallazzo historically doubled as defenses which could brutally impale potential attackers...
...June. It will likely be worthwhile to attend other lectures in the series, for even if they are not ground-breaking, they are free for students and allow access to much of the museum, and may, if you're lucky, include a free wine and cheese reception in the Pallazzo...
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