Renaissance Architecture

Renaissance architecture emphasized on the individual and humanity rather than religion. Also Renaissance architecture borrowed elements from Ancient Greek and Roman architecture but they improved it and developed the ideas they borrowed. Renaissance also puts emphasis on symmetry, proportion and regularity of parts.

The meaning of renaissance is rebirth so the characteristics of the style they used is also a form of  a rebirth
where for example the old columns of the romans were further developed. The classical orders became much more complex in design and thus were given new looks. Aside from updating the older style renaissance also put importance on the orderly arrangement of their structures. This kind of arranged replaced the older and irregular profiles of medieval architecture.

Renaissance architecture is divided in three periods; Quattrocento, High Renaissance and lastly Mannerisms. Quattrocento or simply renaissance was just the formulation of new ideas, concepts and rules also it was the time of exploration for design. High renaissance delved deeply in the classical but this does not mean they were not developed in fact the classical ideas were refined in these period. Mannerisms focused on the relation of solid and space by using architectural forms.