Styles and Movements

Renaissance Architecture

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

The revival of the classical language of Rome that began in fifteenth century Florence, prizing symmetry, proportion and the orders as Vitruvius had described them. Brunelleschi opened it with the dome of Florence Cathedral, Alberti gave it a theory, and Palladio carried it into the villa and the pattern book, from which it spread across Europe and eventually the world.

Facts

Disputed

Period

to 1600 2

Renaissance principles evolved through Mannerism, roughly 1520 to 1600, into the Baroque; scholars differ on whether to count Mannerism as late Renaissance or as its own transitional phase.

Period

from 1420 1

Circa; construction of the dome of Florence Cathedral, the conventional opening work of the Renaissance, began in 1420.

Origin Region

Florence, Italy 1

Renaissance Architecture

4 entries

Building Family

Material

Building Type

Completed Year

Standing Status

Group

Place

Connections

Associated With

Filippo Brunelleschi

Brunelleschi's dome and Ospedale degli Innocenti are founding works of Renaissance architecture

I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura Published

Michelangelo

Michelangelo designed the dome of St Peter's and the Capitoline Hill scheme

Publication of De re aedificatoria

Influenced

Chateauesque Architecture

19th-century Chateauesque explicitly revives the steep hipped roofs, dormers and turrets of the French Renaissance chateaux of the Loire Valley.

Italianate Architecture

The 19th century Italianate style directly revives Italian Renaissance villa and palazzo forms.

Mannerism

Mannerism emerged as a development from, and reaction to, High Renaissance classical harmony.

Palladian Architecture

Palladianism is a specific classicizing strand of Renaissance architecture, itself grounded in Palladio study of Roman antiquity.

Influenced By

Roman Architecture

A deliberate revival, guided by surviving monuments and the text of Vitruvius.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Notable Examples

Archibald Rogers Estate

Source Archibald Rogers Estate (Wikipedia)

Basilica di Santa Croce

Source Basilica di Santa Croce (Wikipedia)

Bay Point Farm

Source Bay Point Farm (Wikipedia)

Bicocca degli Arcimboldi

Source Bicocca degli Arcimboldi (Wikipedia)

Casa de la Sirena

Source Casa de la Sirena (Wikipedia)

Castello Bufalini

Source Castello Bufalini (Wikipedia)

Castello Estense

Source Castello Estense (Wikipedia)

Castello Orsini-Odescalchi

Source Castello Orsini-Odescalchi (Wikipedia)

Chateau de Chambord

A Renaissance-era landmark.

Chateau de Chenonceau

Source Wikidata: Chateau de Chenonceau

Chateau de Malmaison

Source Chateau de Malmaison (Wikipedia)

Coindre Hall

Source Coindre Hall (Wikipedia)

Collegio di Spagna

Source Collegio di Spagna (Wikipedia)

Edinburgh Castle

Source Wikipedia: Edinburgh Castle

El Escorial

A Renaissance-era landmark.

Filippo Brunelleschi

Source Filippo Brunelleschi (Wikipedia)

Florence Cathedral

Brunelleschi's dome of 1420 to 1436 is the founding work of Renaissance architecture.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Forte di San Leo

Source Forte di San Leo (Wikidata)

Grand Hotel Villa d'Este

Source Villa d'Este, Cernobbio (Wikipedia)

Hardwick Hall

Source Hardwick Hall (Wikipedia)

Haus zur goldenen Waage

Source Haus zur goldenen Waage (Wikipedia)

Hesselagergard

Source Hesselagergard (Wikipedia)

Joseph R. Bowles House

Source Joseph R. Bowles House (Wikipedia)

Kieldson Double House

Source Kieldson Double House (Wikipedia)

Kronborg Castle

Source Wikipedia: Kronborg

Leon Battista Alberti

Author of De re aedificatoria and designer of the Palazzo Rucellai facade, the Santa Maria Novella facade and Sant Andrea in Mantua, a founding theorist and practitioner of Renaissance architecture.

Lighthouse of Genoa

Source Lighthouse of Genoa (Wikipedia)

Ospedale del Ceppo

Source Ospedale del Ceppo (Wikipedia)

Palace of Fontainebleau

A Renaissance-era landmark.

Palace of Monimail

Source Palace of Monimail (Wikipedia)

Palazzina Gonzaghesca di Bosco Fontana

Source Palazzina Gonzaghesca di Bosco Fontana (Wikipedia)

Palazzo Pitti

A Renaissance palazzo.

Poggio Reale (villa)

Source Poggio Reale (villa) (Wikipedia)

Predjama Castle

Source Wikipedia: Predjama Castle

Santa Barbara Fortress, Pistoia

Source Santa Barbara Fortress, Pistoia (Wikipedia)

Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano

Source Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano (Wikipedia)

Searles Castle (Massachusetts)

Source Searles Castle (Massachusetts) (Wikipedia)

Sistine Chapel

Source Sistine Chapel (Wikidata)

Spandau Citadel

Source Spandau Citadel, Wikipedia

St Mark's Clocktower

Source St Mark's Clocktower (Wikidata)

St. Peter's Basilica

The plan and dome belong to the High Renaissance; the completed nave, facade and piazza belong to the Baroque.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Stirling Castle

Source Stirling Castle (Wikipedia)

The Dakota

Source The Dakota (Wikipedia)

The Plaza Hotel

Source Wikipedia: The Plaza Hotel

Uffizi Gallery

A Renaissance-era landmark.

Union Buildings

Source Union Buildings, Wikipedia

Villa Arnaldi

Source Villa Arnaldi (Wikipedia)

Villa Barbarigo, Noventa Vicentina

Source Villa Barbarigo, Noventa Vicentina (Wikipedia)

Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, Bisuschio

Source Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, Bisuschio (Wikipedia)

Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano

Source Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano (Wikipedia)

Villa del Barone

Source Villa del Barone (Wikipedia)

Villa di Castello

Source Villa di Castello (Wikipedia)

Villa di Corliano

Source Villa di Corliano (Wikipedia)

Villa di Marignolle

Source Villa di Marignolle (Wikidata)

Villa Duodo

Source Villa Duodo (Wikipedia)

Villa Falconieri

Source Villa Falconieri (Wikipedia)

Villa Farnesina

Source Villa Farnesina (Wikipedia)

Villa Giulia

Source Villa Giulia (Wikipedia)

Villa Imperiale of Pesaro

Source Villa Imperiale of Pesaro (Wikipedia)

Villa La Pietra

Source Villa La Pietra (Wikipedia)

Villa Lante al Gianicolo

Source Villa Lante al Gianicolo (Wikidata)

Villa Le Balze

Source Villa Le Balze (Wikipedia)

Villa Madama

Source Villa Madama (Wikipedia)

Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana

Source Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana (Wikipedia)

Villa Medici

Source Villa Medici (Wikipedia)

Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo

Source Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo (Wikipedia)

Villa Medici at Careggi

Source Villa Medici at Careggi (Wikipedia)

Villa Mondragone

Source Villa Mondragone (Wikipedia)

Villa Niscemi

Source Villa Niscemi (Wikipedia)

Villa Paveri-Fontana, Collecchio

Source Villa Paveri-Fontana, Collecchio (Wikidata)

Villa Rotonda

Source Wikipedia

Additional Source Villa Rotonda (Wikipedia)Villa Rotonda, lead section

Villa Rusciano

Source Villa Rusciano (Wikipedia)

Villa Salviatino, Maiano

Source Villa Salviatino, Maiano (Wikipedia)

Villa Santa Colomba

Source Villa Santa Colomba (Wikipedia)

Villa Simonetta

Source Villa Simonetta (Wikipedia)

Villa Valmer

Source Villa Valmer (Wikipedia)

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Source Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (Wikipedia)

Wawel Royal Castle

Source Wawel Castle - Wikipedia

In the Other Atlases

Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, originated there.

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.

britannica.com/art/Renaissance-architecture, lead definition
Renaissance architecture, style of architecture, reflecting the rebirth of Classical culture, that originated in Florence in the early 15th century and spread throughout Europe, replacing the medieval Gothic style.
Notable Examples: Florence Cathedral
Notable Examples: St. Peter's Basilica
Influenced By: Roman Architecture