Early Renaissance

Church authority was replaced by ______ ____.

intellectual order

Characterisitc of Renaissance Design

*formal design based on simple geometric shapes=circles and squares

*purity and perfection

*symmetry, balance, order, and stability

Lunette of Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo

*Middle Ages: fortified house, compatmentalized gardens

*Renaissance: garden extends itseld out in the open air

Villa Medici at Fiesole

*open views

*not heavily fortified

*sheds off protective walls

*extrovert design

*individual terraces

Villa Poggio a Caino

*integrated architecure and landscape harmoniously

*geometrically arranged gardens

*cirtus orchards

*on a platform-views

*spaces for leisure

Villa Farnesina

*integrated garden with interior frescoed spaces

*proportional and ordered

*leisure walks and intimate gatherings