Architecture of the

Renaissance

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When does the architecture of the Renaissance takes Place ?

1400 1600

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The cultural revolution of the Renaissance began in Italy in the city of Florence in the early 15th. It substituted itself to Gothic architecture to return to the Antique architecture at the apogee of all arts. The Renaissance artists were versatile, they searched of the absolute knowledge.

San Giovanni Battista cathedral in Turin (Italy)  Tempio Malatestiano by Leon Battista Alberti in Rimini (Italy)

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A cultural revolution

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Architecture intellectualized and became thus a science in itself and the architect is a synthesis person that must not only master drawings, but also perspective, geometry and specific language of architecture.

Dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome (Italy)

The Romanesque Baptistry at Florence Cathedral in Florence (Italy

Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice.

A cultural revolution

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 – 1446)

 Leon Battista Alberti (1404 – 1472)

Basilica San Lorenzo's dome in Florence

Tempio Malatestiano

Two figures of the Renaissance architecture

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Castle in Sully sur Loire (France)

New York Palace in Budapest (Hungary)

Chenonceau castle in Touraine (France)

Rumbeke Castle in Roulers (Belgium) Cathedral in Berlin (Germany)

Influence in Europe

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