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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