ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT TIMELINE

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
(1400 to 1600 AD)
• Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 14th and early 16th
centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of
ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
• Return to classical ideas ushered an “age of awakening”
• It is a Cultural Movement
• Long after the Renaissance world found inspiration in the beautifully proportioned architecture of the period.

Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture Movement :

• The sensitivity towards the ancient past
• The resumption of classical orders
• The clear articulation in the plans and elevations
• The proportions between the individual parts
of the buildings.
• Architecture from Greece and Rome used in
painting
• Landscape

Elements in Renaissance Architecture :

• Domes
• Columns
• Greek and Roman Sculptures
• Different Stance
• More Human
• Windows
• Arches
• Vaults
St Peter's Basilica
St Peter's Basilica
• Situated in Vatican City
• Marvel of the Renaissance Architecture
• Largest church in Christendom
• Designed by Bramante , Michelangelo , Maderno & Bernini

DOME,PIERS & VAULTS

STRUCTURAL Interconnected and act as support to each other , basking the art of
its era
LAYOUT

•Comprises of 3 main
structure
•Basilica, frontal terrace &
square
•Symmetrical balanced
alignment

•Symbolizes a Latin
•Dome topped with lantern
cross
•Surrounded by windows flanked with Corinthian columns
•One of the arm
•Highly elaborated with roman ordered ornaments
slightly longer than
•Heavy concrete masonry laid with herringbone pattern
the other three
PLAN BASILICA
 PIERS
• 4 solid thick piers to support the dome
• Stretches 25 feet down into the foundation of each single pier
• 45 meter height of Corinthian pillars
• Supports each side of vaults from the apse , nave and transepts

VAULTS
•Series of adjoining arches which form a tunnel –
barrel vault
•Act as the support of the roof
•Supported by the thick Butteress walls and
abutment
•Spread across four arms of the Latin cross

FACADE
•Highly elaborated with corinthian pillars
•Thick wall to hold the entire structure back THE SQUARE
•13 statues at height of 6 meters
•Corinthian columns •Axis with Baroque monumental approach
•Pilasters •Surrounded by semi oval colonnades which is 4 columns deep
•Was built during the pontificate of pope paul v •Egyptian obelisk marks the center of the piazza
borghese 1605-1621 •para;llel with the facade
INTERIOR
• Wealth of catholic church in the 16th century
• 45 altars,11 chapels
• Huge mosaics

NORTH AISLE

•The northernmost door the

holy door
•Now in bronze
PAPAL ALTAR