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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.

Some famous architects were Giacomo da Vignola, Andrea Palladio, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]], Baldassare Peruzzi, [[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. Juan de Herrera and Juan Bautista de Toledo in Spain worked in the Escorial, the colossal monastery of Philip II. 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.]] ''The [[Louvre]]'', by Pierre Lescot, at Paris, is a good later example of this style.

[[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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