2. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
• Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between
the early 14th and early 17th centuries in different regions of
Europe
• Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was
succeeded by Baroque architecture
• Renaissance style quickly spread to other Italian cities.
• The style was carried to France, Germany, England, Russia and
other parts of Europe at different dates and with varying degrees
of impact.
3. FEATURES OF RENAISSANCE
ARCHITECTURE
• Renaissance style places emphasis
on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the
regularity of parts
• Orderly arrangements
of columns, pilasters and lintels
• Use of semicircular arches
• Hemispherical domes, niches and aedicules
replaced the more complex proportional
systems and irregular profiles
of medieval buildings
4. CENTRALLY PLANNED CHURCH
• A centrally planned church is a church
with the altar at the center
• Was often used for baptisteries or tombs.
• The Church of Santa Costanza is an
example of a centrally planned church,
featuring a central altar surrounded by an
ambulatory.The ambulatory is made up of
paired Corinthian columns.
NOTE : An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made
for religious purposes
5. CENTRALLY PLANNED CHURCH
• Builders of the 15th century churches in Italy
gradually turned away from the traditional
latin cross plan crossing of the long nave,
trancepts, and choir.
• Instead they advocate centrally planned
churches and these churches have always
been regarded as the climax of Renaissance
Architecture
7. ST PETERS BASILICA [ROME]
• St. Peter's is an Italian Renaissance church inVatican
City, within the city of Rome.
• Designed principally by Donato
Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian
Lorenzo Bernini
• St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance
architecture and one of the largest churches in the
world
• St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic
shrines.
8. ST PETERS BASILICA [ROME]
• St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage and for its liturgical functions.
• St. Peter's is a church in the Renaissance style located in theVatican City west
of the RiverTiber and near the Janiculum Hill and Hadrian‘s Mausoleum
• Its central dome dominates the skyline of Rome.
• The basilica is approached via St. Peter's Square, a forecourt in two sections,
both surrounded by tall colonnades.
9. ST PETERS BASILICA INTERIOR
• The facade of the basilica, with a giant
order of columns, stretches across the
end of the square and is approached by
steps on which stand two 5.55 metres
(18.2 ft)
• The basilica is cruciform in shape, with
an elongated nave in the Latin cross
10.
11. ST PETERS BASILICA INTERIOR
• The central space is dominated both
externally and internally by one of the
largest domes in the world.
• The entrance is through a narthex, or
entrance hall, which stretches across
the building. One of the decorated
bronze doors leading from the narthex
is the Holy Door, only opened
during jubilees
12. BASILICA OF ST VITALE
• It is situated in Ravenna Italy
• It has a hexagonal plan
• On either side of the Narthex, the
bell tower and clock tower is
provided
13. BASILICA OF ST VITALE
• There is a central dome
supported by eight piers
without nave and aisles
• The Flying Buttresses are also
provided
FLYING BUTTRESSES
DOME AND PIERS
14. BASILICA OF ST VITALE
• The main artworks in the interior of the church is totally composed of small
coloured glass pieces
15. DONATO BRAMANTE
• BORN: 1444 FERMIGNANO, ITALY
• DIED : MARCH.11.1514 ROME, ITALY
• PERIOD : HIGH RENAISSANCE
• KNOWN FOR: ARCHITECTURE &
PAINTING
