Abstract
The paper focuses on the forms in which historical shapes and structures were revived in the portal architecture linked with Benedikt Ried in the first half of the 16th century. While some history recalling features did not follow any intention apart from that pertaining to the visual quality of a work of art, other portals revived historical shapes as reference to biblical building, apparently as a result of the contact with all'antica shapes.
Both these ways testify not only to the deliberate direction taken by those commissioning the works, but also to the attitudes of the artists who tried to comply with the search for Classicism within the local tradition. They provide evidence of the dual nature of revivalism, the two forms of which are closely intertwined.