Renaissance architecture

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Ospedale degli Innocenti

Who shaped Renaissance architecture?

Château at Chambord, France, design attributed to Bernabei Domenico da Cortona, executed by Pierre Nepveu, 1519–47.

Gallery of Francis I

Square Court of the Louvre, Paris

Figure 66: Renaissance furniture from the Sala dei Pappagalli in the Palazzo Dvanzati, Florence, 15th and 16th centuries.

Stadhuis, Antwerp

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Who shaped Renaissance architecture?

Who shaped Renaissance architecture?

An overview of Renaissance architecture.

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Ospedale degli Innocenti

Ospedale degli Innocenti

Arcade, Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, 1419–26.

Alinari/Art Resource, New York

Château at Chambord, France, design attributed to Bernabei Domenico da Cortona, executed by Pierre Nepveu, 1519–47.

Château at Chambord, France, design attributed to Bernabei Domenico da Cortona, executed...

Archives Photographiques, Paris

Gallery of Francis I

Gallery of Francis I

Elaborately carved and painted gallery characteristic of French Renaissance design:...

Giraudon/Art Resource, New York

Longleat

Longleat

Longleat, Wiltshire, England, designed by Sir John Thynne and Robert Smythson, 1568–c....

A.F. Kersting

Square Court of the Louvre, Paris

Square Court of the Louvre, Paris

Square Court of the Louvre, Paris, designed by Pierre Lescot, 1546–51.

Giraudon/Art Resource, New York

Figure 66: Renaissance furniture from the Sala dei Pappagalli in the Palazzo Dvanzati, Florence, 15th and 16th centuries.

Figure 66: Renaissance furniture from the Sala dei Pappagalli in the Palazzo Dvanzati,...

SCALA/Art Resource, New York

Stadhuis, Antwerp

Stadhuis, Antwerp

Stadhuis (Town Hall), Antwerp, designed by Loys du Foys and Nicolo Scarini and executed...

Fotowerken Frans Claes, Antwerp, © Sabam-Brussels

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