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== Renaissance Architecture ==

== Renaissance Architecture ==

[[Image:Dome of S. Maria del Fiore in Florence.jpg|thumb|Dome of S. Maria del Fiore in [[Florence]] by Filippo Brunelleschi]]

[[Image:Dome of S. Maria del Fiore in Florence.jpg|thumb|Dome of S. Maria del Fiore in [[Florence]] by Filippo Brunelleschi]]

This period goes from 1400 to 1600 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.

Some famous architects were Giacomo da Vignola, Andrea Palladio, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]], Leon Battista Alberti and Filippo Brunelleschi.  

Some famous architects were Giacomo da Vignola, Andrea Palladio, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]], Baldassare Peruzzi, [[Leon Battista Alberti]] and Filippo Brunelleschi.  

''The [[Louvre]]'', by Pierre Lescot, at Paris, is a good example of this style.   

The basilica of St Peter in Vatican City by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo and Carlo Maderno, is a masterpiece of this period.   

[[Image:Louvre by night.jpg|thumb|270px|left|''Le Louvre'' by night.]]

[[Image:Louvre by night.jpg|thumb|270px|left|''Le Louvre'' by night.]] ''The [[Louvre]]'', by Pierre Lescot, at Paris, is a good later example of this style.

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