Renaissance Architecture.

Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and 17th centuries.
Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was succeeded by the Baroque architecture.
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Developed first in Florence, with Filippo Bruelleschi as one of its innovators.
The style was carried to France, Germany, England, Russia and other parts of Europe.
Renaissance style places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, and geometry.
Columns, domes, arches and vaults are a few examples of what was used in a Renaissance building.
Italian architects always preferred forms of architecture that were clearly were defined and structural members that expressed their purpose.
Italy never fully adopted the Gothic style of architecture. Apart from the Cathedral of Milan.
The presence of ancient architecture remains showing the Classical Style, provided an inspiration to artists at that time when philosophy was also turning towards classical.
In 1570, Andrea Palladio published "The Four Books Of Architecture" in Venice. This book was widely printed and responsible for spreading the ideas of the Renaissance through Europe.

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