Architectural Styles

    Quattrocento

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Early Renaissance

     

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    • Roman & Greek claasical inflence
    • columns
    • pilasters
    • rounded arches
    • symmetry
    • beautiful proportions
    • linear perspective
    • elaborate friezes
    • reliefs
    • frescoes
    • interior spaces arranged around a central courtyard or axial symmetry.
    • Italy, influencing
    • Europe
    • England
    • France
    • Spain

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Palaces
    • churches
    • civic buildings
    • town halls
    • educational institutions
    • Florence Cathedral
    • Palazzo Medici Riccardi Florence
    • Basilica di San Lorenzo Florence
    • Tempio Malatestiano Rimini
    • Palazzo Ducale Venice
    • Santa Maria Novella Florence
    • The Pazzi Chapel Florence
    • Villa Medici at Fiesole
    • Loggia dei Lanzi Florence
    • Church of San Francesco, Rimini
    • Palazzo hotels (urban palaces)
    • Convent / monastery hotels
    • Historic inns / alberghi in Renaissance townhouses
    • Villa stays (Renaissance villas / estates)
    • Castello / fortified residence conversions
    • Heritage “residenze d’epoca”
    • Hotel Renaissance Florence
    • Hotel Palazzo Ravizza Siena

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Bernini Palace Hotel Florence
    • Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
    • Palazzo Portinari Salviati Hotel Florence
    • Hotel Palazzo di Valli near Siena
    • Palazzo Ricasoli (Hotel Palazzo Ricasoli)

    Landmarks

    Original Accommodation

    Adapted Visitor Accommodation

     

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