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This period goes from 1400 to 1620 AD. This architecture was inspired by artists' works of classical Greece and Rome.
 
This period goes from 1400 to 1620 AD. This architecture was inspired by artists' works of classical Greece and Rome.
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Some famous architects were Filippo Brunelleschi, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]], Andrea Palladio, Michelozzo Michelozzi, [[Leon Battista Alberti]], Baldassare Peruzzi and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. Juan de Herrera and Juan Bautista de Toledo in [[Spain]] worked in ''The Escorial'', the colossal monastery of Philip II. ''[[St. Peter's Basilica|The Basilica of St. Peter]]'' in Vatican City by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo and Carlo Maderno, is a masterpiece of this period. Works of Alberti included ''The Palazzo Rucellai'' and  the decoration of the façade at ''Santa Maria Novella'', in Florence. Vignola and his pupil Giacomo della Porta, were involved in the construction of ''Il Gesu'', Motherchurch of the [[Society of Jesus]], at Rome.
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Some famous architects were Filippo Brunelleschi, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]], Andrea Palladio, Michelozzo Michelozzi, [[Leon Battista Alberti]], Baldassare Peruzzi and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. Juan de Herrera (1530 - 1597) and Juan Bautista de Toledo in [[Spain]] worked in ''The Escorial'', the colossal monastery of Philip II. ''[[St. Peter's Basilica|The Basilica of St. Peter]]'' in Vatican City by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo and Carlo Maderno, is a masterpiece of this period. Works of Alberti included ''The Palazzo Rucellai'' and  the decoration of the façade at ''Santa Maria Novella'', in Florence. Vignola and his pupil Giacomo della Porta, were involved in the construction of ''Il Gesu'', Motherchurch of the [[Society of Jesus]], at Rome.
 
[[Image:Il Gesu.jpg|thumb|140px|Il Gesu, Rome.]]
 
[[Image:Il Gesu.jpg|thumb|140px|Il Gesu, Rome.]]
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[[Image:Louvre by night.jpg|thumb|370px|left|''Le Louvre'' by night.]] ''The [[Louvre]]'', by Pierre Lescot, at [[Paris]], is a good example of this style.
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[[Image:Louvre by night.jpg|thumb|370px|left|''Le Louvre'' by night.]] ''The [[Louvre]]'', by Pierre Lescot (1515 - 1578), at [[Paris]], is a good example of this style.
 
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