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With a clear Greek and Roman design influence, Renaissance architecture rose in the early 1400s with the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. Columns, domes, arches, symmetrical fronts and square buildings were all aspects of the Renaissance style.

Renaissance Architecture - Essential Humanities

Architecture newsletters, created for architects by Architecture Week.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/renaissance.html
Renaissance Architecture - Britannica

Style of architecture, reflecting the rebirth of Classical culture, that originated in Florence in the early 15th century and spread throughout Europe.
http://www.britannica.com/art/Renaissance-architecture
Architecture in Renaissance Italy - Thematic Essay

Italian Renaissance architects based their theories and practices on Classical Roman examples.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm
Renaissance Architecture - Essential Humanities

Renaissance architects rejected the intricacy and verticality of the Gothic style for the simplicity and balanced proportions of classicism. Rounded arches, domes, and the classical orders were revived (see Classical Orders). This revival was accomplished through direct observation of Roman ruins, as well as study of the treatise Ten Books on Architecture.
http://www.essential-humanities.net/western-art/architecture/renaissance/
Renaissance Architecture: History, Characteristics, Designs

Renaissance Architecture (1400-1600) Florence, Rome, Venice: Characteristics, Leading Architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio.
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/renaissance.htm
What Is Renaissance Architecture? - About

An easy-to-follow introduction to Renaissance architecture in Italy and Europe, with resources for learning more.
http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/g/renaissance.htm
Renaissance Architecture - The Mathematics of Building the Dream

Renaissance architecture delved deep into the history of Greece and Rome for inspiration yet incorporated innovation and new techniques.
https://explorable.com/renaissance-architecture
Renaissance Art and Architecture: Architecture of the Renaissance

Architecture of the Renaissance During the Renaissance the ideals of art and architecture became unified in the acceptance of classical antiquity.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/renaissance-art-architecture-architecture-renaissance.html
Renaissance, Real Virtual - Columbia University in the City of New York

The architecture of the Renaissance is dominated by a group of architects who were engaged as much by theory as by building. The rediscovery of De architectura , the one surviving treatise by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, established a model for understanding principles of architecture in a way that was markedly different from the medieval past.
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/ha/html/renaissance.html
Renaissance Architecture - YouTube

An overview of Renaissance architecture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHBHA0sVgE
Renaissance Architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_architecture

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Renaissance Architecture - Essential Humanities

Architecture newsletters, created for architects by Architecture Week.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/renaissance.html
Renaissance Architecture - Britannica

Style of architecture, reflecting the rebirth of Classical culture, that originated in Florence in the early 15th century and spread throughout Europe.
http://www.britannica.com/art/Renaissance-architecture
Architecture in Renaissance Italy - Thematic Essay

Italian Renaissance architects based their theories and practices on Classical Roman examples.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm
Renaissance Architecture - Essential Humanities

Renaissance architects rejected the intricacy and verticality of the Gothic style for the simplicity and balanced proportions of classicism. Rounded arches, domes, and the classical orders were revived (see Classical Orders). This revival was accomplished through direct observation of Roman ruins, as well as study of the treatise Ten Books on Architecture.
http://www.essential-humanities.net/western-art/architecture/renaissance/
Renaissance Architecture: History, Characteristics, Designs

Renaissance Architecture (1400-1600) Florence, Rome, Venice: Characteristics, Leading Architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio.
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/renaissance.htm
What Is Renaissance Architecture? - About

An easy-to-follow introduction to Renaissance architecture in Italy and Europe, with resources for learning more.
http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/g/renaissance.htm
Renaissance Architecture - The Mathematics of Building the Dream

Renaissance architecture delved deep into the history of Greece and Rome for inspiration yet incorporated innovation and new techniques.
https://explorable.com/renaissance-architecture
Renaissance Art and Architecture: Architecture of the Renaissance

Architecture of the Renaissance During the Renaissance the ideals of art and architecture became unified in the acceptance of classical antiquity.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/renaissance-art-architecture-architecture-renaissance.html
Renaissance, Real Virtual - Columbia University in the City of New York

The architecture of the Renaissance is dominated by a group of architects who were engaged as much by theory as by building. The rediscovery of De architectura , the one surviving treatise by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, established a model for understanding principles of architecture in a way that was markedly different from the medieval past.
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/ha/html/renaissance.html
Renaissance Architecture - YouTube

An overview of Renaissance architecture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHBHA0sVgE
Renaissance Architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_architecture

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With a clear Greek and Roman design influence, Renaissance architecture rose in the early 1400s with the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. Columns, domes, arches, symmetrical fronts and square buildings were all aspects of the Renaissance style.

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