Italian Renaissance Doors

[chih]

"Single wood doors were the most commonplace in the Italian Renaissance, as they still are, but an important room might be entered through a pair of matched doors within a single frame. The desire for symmetry within important rooms led often to the provision of false doors (porte finte) that matched real ones but did not actually open. When such

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[run4rabbit]

and ruins grand entrances 'cause you can't throw open both doors (or have them thrown open for you by a servant)

[chih]

totally! movies are so fake... distraught Medicis should be breaking their arms