Renaissance/Elizabethan Notes
Architecture of the Renaissance time period
*The Renaissance style architecture was most popular in the 15th,
16th, and 17th century.
15TH16th
17th
*pilasters and lintels, semicircular arches,
hemispherical domes, and niches were popular
architectural designs featured in homes and other town buildings.
*Wealthy people often referred to Roman style houses. They build the four sides of their house
around a courtyard.
*Renaissance architects based housing construction on circles
because in math, circles are said to be geometrical perfect. The architects used circles to represent God’s perfection.
*Important parts of Renaissance are
symmetry, proportion, and geometry.
*The homes of the Renaissance time period
were square and the majority of them had
flat roofs.
*The Renaissance architects sometimes
used columns which are related to ancient times.
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