Renaissance+Architecture


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 * ARCHITECTURE:**

Most ideas for art and architecture used during the Renaissance derived from classical architecture from Greece and Rome. Some common features found in buildings during that time include columns, arches, and domes. Also, while building churches, the circle began replacing the cross, because it was believed to represent geometric perfection.


 * Brunelleschi-** Most of Brunelleschi's works are in Florence, Italy. He also became a goldsmith in 1398. Inspired by Roman author Vitruvius on a book about architecture. Brunelleschi's first arrchitectural commision included arches, columbs, and capitals and became the first distinct reference to classical antiquity. Another commision of Brunelleschi's was to design the Cathedral of Florence.

Linear perspective is creating an illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface. Linear Perspective includes a horizon line, a vanishing point, a distance point, orthogonals, and transversals. Brunelleschi did an optical experiment by making a painting of a baptistery, and made a small hole in the painting. He stood in front of the real building and looked through the peephole so that he saw the actual building. He then held a mirror between the painting and the building so that he saw the reflection of the painting. By moving the mirror, so that he could see part of the painting and part of the building, he saw that he had painted a convincing picture of the building on a two-dimensional surface. Brunelleschi was able to use linear perspective to show people what a building would look like on the inside after it was built. Works Cited zantine. "Smarthistory, a multimedia web-book about art: discussing Applications of Linear Perspective in the Renaissance." //Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].
 * Linear Perspective**

zantine. "Smarthistory, a multimedia web-book about art: discussing Brunelleschi." //Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

zantine. "Smarthistory, a multimedia web-book about art: discussing How Brunelleschi "Discovered" Linear Perspective." //Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].