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Within architecture it was clear that a new period had began. Besides churches and other public buildings also prestigious houses were being built. During the Middle-Ages only the Church or the State were able to have prestegious projects contructed.
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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.
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Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was succeeded by Baroque architecture. Developed first in Florence, with Filippo Brunelleschi as one of its innovators
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The return of the Pope from Avignon in 1377 and the resultant new emphasis on Rome as the center of Christian spirituality, brought about a boom in the building of churches in Rome such as had not taken place for nearly a thousand years.
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the word "Renaissance" among architectural historians usually applies to the period 1400 to1600"
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The study of classical antiquity led in particular to the adoption of Classical detail and ornamentation.
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Space, as an element of architecture, was utilised differently from the way it had been in the Middle Ages. Space was organised by proportional logic, its form and rhythm subject to geometry
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The prime example of this is the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446).
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During the High Renaissance, concepts derived from classical antiquity were developed and used with greater surety. The most representative architect is Bramante (1444–1514) who expanded the applicability of classical architecture to contemporary buildings.
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Italian architects had always preferred forms that were clearly defined and structural members that expressed their purpose. Many Tuscan Romanesque buildings demonstrate these characteristics, as seen in the Florence Baptistery and Pisa Cathedral.
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During the Mannerist period, architects experimented with using architectural forms to emphasize solid and spatial relationships. The Renaissance ideal of harmony gave way to freer and more imaginative rhythms.
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His San Pietro in Montorio (1503) was directly inspired by circular Roman temples.
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the success of the dome in Brunelleschi’s design for the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore and its use in Bramante’s plan for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the dome became an indispensable element in church architecture and later even for secular architecture, such as Palladio's Villa Rotonda.[13]
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The best known architect associated with the Mannerist style was Michelangelo who is credited with inventing the giant order, a large pilaster that stretches from the bottom to the top of a façade. He used this in his design for the Campidoglio in Rome.
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was a new style of architecture that had buildings eith complex shapes, onrnaments,paintings and bold contrasts
