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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 821 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASTYLAR (from Gr. a-, privative, and vrukos, a See also:

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column)-, an architectural See also:

TERM

term given to a class of See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Ricardi and See also:

STROZZI

Strozzi. palaces in See also:

Florence are astylar in their design, in contradistinction to See also:

PALLADIO, ANDREA (1518-1580)

Palladio's palaces at See also:

VICENZA

Vicenza, which are columnar .

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