The Renaissance
Santa Maria del Fiore, Italy
This lecture focused on the histories and methodologies of the Renaissance period between the 14th and 15th century. The renaissance focused mainly in Italy, in particular the state of Tuscany.
Florence was a rich and wealthy city due to the development in manufacturing tradition. Many people gathered in associations and created guilds - each guild specialised in a specific practice, hence the city became famous for cloth production.
Medieval Architecture
There were no architects but building site masters, no drawn plans but intuitive decisions.
Around 1420 a group of Florentine artists: Donatello, Brunelleschi, Paolo Uccello, Masaccio) started the Renaissance movement.
This was interesting as Gothic architecture is a core part of the UK's northern architectural landscape which contrasts with Italy's medieval and renaissance architecture.
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446)
Brunelleschi worked as a goldsmith, sculptor and architect and has been well adopted into modern day Italian architecture. He worked on the Santa Maria del Fiore dome which contained a 45.4m diameter with a 56m height.
Brunelleschi used more classical forms in his work and took inspiration from Tuscan poro-renaissance and ancient Rome.
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)
Alberti was a scholar, author, mathematician and athlete with knowledge of the arts and not trained as an architect.
Brunelleschi focused more on the construction methods of buildings whereas Alberti focused more on the supposed design principles.
Art was also a common practice throughout the Renaissance:
From this information, yes this era was important in influencing the architectural styles of the past, but it isn't that influential now as it isn't as well represented as other styles. Personally, I would say the gothic and roman era was more influential and important than the Renaissance, even though it it still important.
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