Renaissance Aptly Named

The European Renaissance was in part named because of the architecture of that time. Most Renaissance architects rejected the gothic style, and changed to columns, capitals, arches, and the simpler Greek/Roman buildings. The principals of classical antiquity now inspired the architects buildings. One example of the new architecture is when Filippo Brunelleschi designed and constructed a dome for the cathedral in Florence. To design the dome he studied thoroughly the ancient Roman buildings, most of all, the Pantheon. He built an inner dome to support the larger dome, in turn, and took out the huge supports that had become hideous to the tastes of his time. When it w

as finished it almost looked exactly like a Greek/Roman building. With the new twists of his time added in he created and started the beginning of Renaissance architecture. Andrea Palladio, a leading architect of the Venetian Renaissance, went to Rome to study the classic buildings. Soon, thereafter, he created the Villa Rotunda, which embodied mathematical symmetry and a classic look from the Greek/Romans. One of the more widely known architects of all time, Michelangelo, designed the dome for St. Peter’s Basilica. He studied Brunelleschi’s dome, which contributed to the soaring dome on top of the building. Michelangelo intended to make it look like a Greek cross, with four equal arms. It didn’t work out, but the church still showed the Greek/Roman influences of their day. These three prime examples show how architecture proved to be an intricate part of the new society in which the Greek/Roman values were tied in.

In conclusion, the Renaissance, although its own culture, was a rebirth of the Greek/Roman culture. The Renaissance expanded on the ideas of the former Greeks and Romans to create their own society. The foundation of the Renaissance is from the Greek/Roman time period. As an era, the Renaissance was aptly named. It is shown in three categories of architecture, art, and literature.

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