Renaissance

Jettying

Upper stories overhung the lower ones

Renaissance

The term derived from the French translation of "Rinascimento," meaning "the rebirth," referring to the progress and revival of 15th-century European culture.

Humanism

A movement that played a significant role in the Renaissance, pushing aside medieval ways of thinking and emphasizing the dignity and worth of the individual.

Quattrocento

[an abbreviation for "millequattrocento" (Italian for 'fourteen hundred')] is used to describe the 15th century in Italy. Synonym for Early Renaissance.

Cinquecento

Abbreviation for "millecinquecento" (Italian for 'fifteen hundred') is used to describe the 16th century in Italy. They witnessed the high renaissance that’s why they represent the Late Italian Renaissance.

Mannerism

Derived from the term “Maniera”. A style of painting, sculpture, and architecture that emerged in Rome and Florence between 1510 and 1520, characterized by unconventional elements and visual trickery. Off-shoot from the traditional renaissance style as artists tried to experiment and exercise creative license in their creations.

Bifora Windows

Windows may be paired and set within a semicircular arch.

Vitruvius

A 1st-century Roman architect whose architectural theories, including canons of proportion, influenced the Renaissance style of architecture.

Renaissance Architecture

The architectural style inspired by the rediscovery of classical architectural theories, characterized by elements such as symmetry, regularity, unity, proportion, and harmony.

Dome of the Duomo

The largest brick dome ever built, designed by Brunelleschi, and a significant architectural feature of the Renaissance.

Andrea Palladio

An influential architect in the Renaissance known for his villa designs, particularly Villa Capra (La Rotonda), which featured a central dome inspired by the Roman Pantheon.

French Renaissance Architecture

The French interpretation of the Renaissance style, characterized by châteaux, Renaissance details on Gothic structures, and the use of hierarchy of orders in exterior design.

Spanish Renaissance Architecture

The Spanish interpretation of the Renaissance style, featuring local variations such as Plateresco, Purism, and Desornamentado, and notable structures like El Escorial.

Tudor Style

A style of architecture in England during the Tudor period, characterized by half-timbered exteriors, low Tudor arches, bay and oriel windows, and decorative chimneys.

Elizabethan Style

A style of architecture in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, featuring prodigious houses, Flemish gables, strapwork designs, and turrets and towers.

Jacobean Style

A style of architecture in England during the reign of King James I, influenced by Flemish designs, engaged columns, and alternating triangular and segmental pediments.

English Renaissance Interior Design

The interior design style in England during the Renaissance period, characterized by tapestries, varied flooring materials, and the use of beds as essential furniture.

Half-timber work

external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames

Bay windows

Windows that project outward from the main walls of a building, creating additional space and allowing for more natural light.

Wainscot panels

Wooden panels that cover the lower portion of interior walls, often decorated with intricate carvings or designs.

Linenfold motif

A decorative pattern resembling folded linen fabric during the English Renaissance.

Exposed ceiling beams

Structural beams that are left visible in the ceiling of a building, adding a rustic and architectural element to the space.

Hammerbeam trusses

A type of timber framing used in grand halls and cathedrals, characterized by horizontal beams projecting from vertical supports.

Pargetry/Pargework

The art of creating decorative plasterwork on walls or ceilings, often featuring intricate patterns or designs.

Wainscot chairs

Chairs that feature wainscot panels in their design, providing both decorative and structural support.

Glastonbury chairs

folding chair

Melon-bulb supports

Furniture supports that resemble the shape of a melon or bulb, often used in the legs or feet of chairs and tables.

Inlays

Decorative elements made from contrasting materials, such as wood or metal, that are set into the surface of furniture or architectural features.

Strapwork carvings

Decorative carvings that resemble interwoven straps or ribbons, commonly found in English Renaissance furniture and architecture.

Module

Buildings have square and symmetrical plans.

Facades

Is symmetrical around their vertical axis.

Italian Renaissance: Arches

Semi-circular or segmental.

Split spindles

Vertical supports in furniture or architectural features that are divided into two or more sections, creating a visually interesting and intricate design.

Romayne work

caricature

Florentine Arch

Semicircular intrados but extrados is NOT concentric.

Ospedele degli Innocenti

Brunelleschi. Used Serene stone.

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Designed by Michelozzo for the Medici family. Grand rooms on the second level.

Palazzo Rucellai

Designed by Alberti. Three stories with different classical orders (Tuscan, Ionic, and simplified Corinthian). Ground floor for business, second for formal reception, third for private quarters.

Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio

Designed by Bramante. Features Tuscan peristyle and a hemispheric dome. Deep wall niches, a Doric frieze of papal emblems, and a balustrade.

The Vestibule of the Laurentian Library

Designed by Michelangelo. Unique staircase.

Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Designed by Giulio Romano. Irregular and asymmetrical renaissance design.

Serlian windows/Venetian windows

Flannked by two shorter sidelights.

Cassone

Small jewel box

Cassapanca

Cassone with arms and back

Credenza

Cabinet

Bifora windows

Windows with semicircular arch.

Aedicula

Segmental pediments

Florentine Arch

Semicircular intrados

Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

aka Florence Cathedral, Arnolfo di Cambio

Dome of the Duomo

LARGEST BRICK DOME

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Michelozzo di Bartolomeo

String courses

Horizontal bands of stonework

Piano nobile

Grands rooms on the 2nd level

Kneeling windows

Large windows with CORBELS

Palazzo Rucellai

• Designed by Leon Battista-Alberti.

• Three stories with different classical orders (Tuscan, Ionic, and simplified Corinthian).

Dome of St. Peter

TALLEST DOME

San Pietro, Montorio

• Designed by Bramante.

• Features Tuscan peristyle and a hemispheric dome.

The Vestibule of the Laurentian Library

• Designed by Michelangelo.

• Unique, fantastical staircase.

Te, Mantua

• Single-story villa with irregular and asymmetrical Renaissance classic design.

Intarsia

Mosaic-like

Terrazzo

Floor made of marble

Parquetry

wood in geometric pattern

Bolection

decorative molding

Savonarola

x shaped chair

Dante

x-shaped chair that’s heavily ornamented arms and legs

Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau

• Lucarnes - dormer windows

• Frontons - pediments

Chadera

hip joint

Frailero

monk’s chair

Vargueno

writing cabinet