msfa14,+Architecture

__Architecture__ Most of the buildings made in the renaissance time where based off of and influenced by Roman architecture. Churches, palaces, and castles were some of the buildings that were greatly based on Roman design. Some of these buildings where grand and beautiful, but others of lower class citizens where not so great and were rather run down, dark, gloomy, and dirty. The buildings architecture was very much based on how you lived and what your social status was.

__Peasants, Lower Class__ Homes and shops were usually very run down buildings. They were made out of clay or rough, jagged stone or wood. The windows were very cheap or just empty out circles in the house. They usually had no floor, if they did have a floor it was usually the dirt, soil or tiles. The roof was thatched wood covered in hay. They also had many odors and used herbs and other plants to help cover up the smell. The home itself was one room and occasionally an attic,

__Middle Class__ The middle class citizens houses where a big improvement compared to the lower class houses. The houses where made out of a fine wood called stucco and the roofs were made of slate tile. Later they started to use brick as the narrow street often because mass fires and brick proved to be very fire resistant. They had tow floor connected a by a thin stair case to take up less room and had windows, but were very cheap because they did not have the technology to produce a lot of glass. The houses still where not quite as grand as others.

__Palaces, Churches, Cast____les, Upper Class__ This is where we see the most roman architecture in the buildings. Several churches such as, Basilica San Pietro. Vatican City, Siena Cathedral (Duomo), Tuscany and many more. Palaces and Castles had it all. Mad of beautiful stone and stain galls windows. Filled with many floors with beautiful decor, they were anyone’s dream house. They towered over cities and were beautiful decorated by master stone workers on the inside and outside.



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