"An expression of great massiveness is the main characteristics of this Florentine style, which was…
"Those palaces which like the back of the Strozzi Place are constucted of dressed blocks with a less…
"There exists, however, a few Florentine palaces of a smaller type, which externally present a more…
"A certain originality and freedom of intervention is perceptible in the buildings of the early period…
"The creations of Alberti form a class apart in Florentine palace architecture, for they do not display…
"A method of decoration is peculiar to these buildings which appears to have been borrowed from Byzantine…
"A more determined imitation of Roman architecture is subsequently perceptible in the productions of…
"Next in order are the productions of Jacopo Tatti, or Sansovino, who was born in 1479, and died in…
"Palladio, who became the special champion of this style of architecture, was born in Vicenza in 1518,…
"The lower story of palaces by Palladio, the greater part of which are at Vicenza, is generally of rustic…
"More than one cause served to render the compositions of Palladio so celebrated. He possessed an especial…
"More than one cause served to render the compositions of Palladio so celebrated. He possessed an especial…
"The most noteworthy of the successors of Palladio at Venice were Scamozzi, and Longhena, the architect…
"Owing to the rarity and expensiveness of free-stone in Upper Italy, an architectural style in brick…
"The most remarkable productions of Bramante at Rome are the Cancelleria Palace, with the Church of…
"The pupils of Bramante and other renowned architects pursued the path which he had marked out; as,…
Palazzo Farnese is a prominent High Renaissance palace in Rome, which currently houses the French Embassy…
The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a mansion in the town of Caprarola…
"Michel-Angelo assumed such considerable and prominent position by his genius and authority, that his…
"Michel-Angelo assumed such considerable and prominent position by his genius and authority, that his…
"Michel-Angelo assumed such considerable and prominent position by his genius and authority, that his…
"Michel-Angelo assumed such considerable and prominent position by his genius and authority, that his…
This image "presents a type of the majority of the palaces if the Roman Renaissance style, at least…
"The purity of style, however, of the Genoese palaces is not so great as in the Roman, particularly…
"The purity of style, however, of the Genoese palaces is not so great as in the Roman, particularly…
"The decoration of the interiors of the buildings of the Renaissance is also copied from ancient Roman…
"The decoration of the interiors of the buildings of the Renaissance is also copied from ancient Roman…
"Besides the walls and ceilings of the interior, the façades were frequently decorated with sculptured…
"Besides the walls and ceilings of the interior, the façades were frequently decorated with sculptured…
The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France is one of the most recognizable…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
The Château de Beaumesnil was begun in 1633 by Jacques de Nonant for his wife Marie Dauvet Desmaret.…
Les Invalides in Paris, France, is a complex of buildings in the city's 7th arrondissement containing…
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the île-de-France…
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the île-de-France…
The Panthéon (Latin Pantheon, from Greek Pantheon, meaning "Every god") is a building in the Latin…
The Heidelberg Castle (in German language named: Heidelberger Schloss) is a famous ruin in Germany and…
The Heidelberg Castle (in German language named: Heidelberger Schloss) is a famous ruin in Germany and…
The Heidelberg Castle (in German language named: Heidelberger Schloss) is a famous ruin in Germany and…
The Gewandhaus, or Cloth Hall, at Old Town Market in Brunswick originally served as a warehouse for…
Wollaton Hall is a country house standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton, Nottingham, England.…
St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of…
In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in…
In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in…
Georges d'Amboise (1460 – May 25, 1510) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and minister of state.…
"The main essentials in all the Roccoco Styles are a certain independence in the ornamentation of the…
The St-Paul-St-Louis Church is located in Paris on Rue Saint Antoine in the Marais. The church was begun…
The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast mainly Renaissance palace…
"The same licence in the treatment and application of forms is also displayed in secular buildings.…
"Framed houses are especially numerous in the Harz Mountains in Germany. In the oldest specimens the…
"Framed houses are especially numerous in the Harz Mountains in Germany. In the oldest specimens the…
"Framed houses are especially numerous in the Harz Mountains in Germany. In the oldest specimens the…
"Framed houses are especially numerous in the Harz Mountains in Germany. In the oldest specimens the…
"The change from the pure to the later Renaissance, which was formerly seen only in individual instances,…
"In Belgium the Roman Renaissance was introduced about the same time as in France: but an unmistakable…