Renaissance architecture
Brunelleschi's building style
Renaissance architecture is a European building style from the 15th to 17th centuries, reviving classical Greek and Roman forms after the medieval period.
It emphasizes symmetry, proportion, and geometric clarity—domes, columns, rounded arches, and orderly facades.
The style originated in Florence and spread across Europe, influencing civic buildings, churches, and palaces: The palazzo displays typical Renaissance architecture with its balanced windows and classical pediments.
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- châteauxFrench palatial residences
- proportionComparative relation of parts
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- Renaissances
- Renaissance PolandCopernicus, Krakow, royal patronage, classical learning, Counter-Reformation
- Dubrovnikcity walls, Adriatic Sea, cable car, city gates, terracotta roofs
- Italian palacespalazzi, palazzo, villas
- LyonLyon, confluence, Rhone River, Rhone, Festival of Lights
- Prague CastlePrague Castle, White Tower, crown jewels, courtyards, towers
Renaissance architectureGothic architecture
Medieval style with pointed arches
medieval architecture · Brutalism · International Style · Byzantine architecture · folk architecture
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