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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Renaissance Architecture - YouTube
An overview of Renaissance architecture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHBHA0sVgE
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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
