Italian Renaissance

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Inspired by classical Italian architecture and characterized by symmetry, proportion, and balance with ornate details.

Humanism: An intellectual and cultural movement that emphasized the study of classical languages, literature, and art as a means to improve society and promote individualism.
Patronage: The system of support by which artists, architects, and intellectuals were commissioned and paid for their works by wealthy individuals and institutions.
Classicism: The revival of the classical style of ancient Greece and Rome, characterized by symmetry, proportion, and simplicity.
Gothic revival: The renewed interest in the Gothic style of architecture, characterized by pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, and elaborate decoration.
Renaissance city planning: The design and layout of cities during the Italian Renaissance, which emphasized symmetry, regularity, and the public use of space.
Perspective: The use of mathematical principles to create the illusion of depth and space in painting and architecture.
Architectural orders: The classical orders (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) which were used in Renaissance architecture to provide a system of proportion and decoration.
Vitruvian proportions: The system of ideal human proportions (based on the writings of the Roman architect Vitruvius) which were used in Renaissance architecture to achieve harmony and balance.
Palazzo: Urban townhouses built by wealthy families in Renaissance Italy, characterized by their grand facades and courtyards.
Renaissance gardens: The design and layout of gardens during the Italian Renaissance, which emphasized symmetry, proportion, and classical motifs.
Rustication: The use of rough, textured stone blocks in Renaissance architecture to provide contrast and decoration.
Trompe l'oeil: The use of painting and decoration to create the illusion of three-dimensional space and objects.
Mannerism: The style of art and architecture that developed after the High Renaissance, characterized by exaggerated proportions, distorted forms, and complex compositions.
Baroque architecture: The style of architecture that developed in the 17th century, characterized by elaborate decoration, dramatic lighting, and illusionistic effects.
Rococo style: The ornate and delicate style of art and architecture that developed in the 18th century, characterized by curves, asymmetry, and playful decoration.
Early Renaissance: Also known as Quattrocento, this period covers the 15th century, and it was characterized by classicism and symmetry in design.
High Renaissance: This covers the late 15th and early 16th centuries characterized by grandeur, harmony, and balance, with the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
Mannerism: This type of Renaissance architecture emerged in the mid-16th century, characterized by novelty, innovation, and exaggeration, with irregular facades and complex geometries.
Baroque: This style emerged in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, characterized by grandeur and exuberance, intricate decorations, and dynamic forms.
Rococo: This style emerged in the mid-18th century with delicate ornamentation, asymmetrical forms, and elaborate decorations.
Palladianism: Andrea Palladio, whose works inspired this style, was a prominent Venetian architect in the 16th century. It emphasizes symmetry, proportion, and harmony, with the use of colonnades and pediments.
Neoclassicism: This style emerged in the mid-18th century and was a revival of classical architecture. It emphasizes simplicity, rationality, and clarity.
Eclecticism: This style emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized by a mix of different elements and styles, including Renaissance, Baroque, and neoclassical.
Renaissance Revival: This style emerged in the 19th century as a revival of Renaissance architecture, characterized by classical elements and symmetry in design, with the use of brick and stone.
Modernism: This style emerged in the early 20th century as a rejection of the traditional styles, including Renaissance. It emphasizes functionalism, minimalism, and rationality in design.
- "Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture."
- "between the early 15th and early 16th centuries"
- "Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture"
- "was succeeded by Baroque architecture"
- "Developed first in Florence, with Filippo Brunelleschi as one of its innovators"
- "the Renaissance style quickly spread to other Italian cities"
- "The style was carried to Spain, France, Germany, England, Russia and other parts of Europe"
- "Renaissance style places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts"
- "the architecture of classical antiquity and in particular ancient Roman architecture"
- "Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae"
- "replaced the more complex proportional systems and irregular profiles of medieval buildings"
- "with Filippo Brunelleschi as one of its innovators"
- "Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae"
- "spread to other Italian cities... and other parts of Europe at different dates and with varying degrees of impact"
- "places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts"
- "demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture"
- "columns, pilasters, lintels, semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches, and aediculae"
- "Filippo Brunelleschi"
- "Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture"
- "was succeeded by Baroque architecture"