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The reinassance in italy - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Building concept and design
        
        Architects designed buildings which found harmony in shapes and proportion, adapting to human ideal
      - The growth of civil architecture
        
        Although churches continued to be built and civil buildings gained importance
      - A return to classical structural elements
        
        Architects returned to the use of columns imitating Ancient Greek and Roman designs
      - The revival of ancient roman roofs
        
        Semi-circular arches, barrel vaults and domes were used
        
        These elements were combined with architraves in many buildings
  - - - Brunelleschi
        
        He designed the dome of Florence Cathedral and the Basilica di San Lorenzo (Florence)
      - Alberti
        
        He designed the Basilica di Sant’Andrea, in Mantua, and the Tempio Malatestiano, in Rimini
  - - - St. Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican
- - - - Proportion
        
        Painters focused on faithful representation of the human figure
        
        Was considered the essence of beauty, which meant a command of drawing was more important than colour
      - Balance
        
        The position of the figures could not disrupt the harmonious balance of the painting
      - The use of light
        
        Light was used to depict areas of light and shadow, perfecting the illusion of depth
      - The illusion of depth
        
        Artists experimented with and developed the technique of perspective
  - - - He strived to paint pleasant, sweet scenes, using all of the painting techniques of the period.
    - - Its painters focused on colour, movement and natural landscapes
- - - - Wood
      - Bronze
      - Marble
  - - - Sculptures in the round
        
        They were free-standing sculptures, which were observable from various angles
      - Relief sculptures
        
        They were carved directly onto flat surfaces
        
        Floors
        
        Ceilings
        
        Walls
  - - - Inspired by the Ancient Greek and Roman approach
  - - - Ghiberti skillfully depicted landscapes and depth
      - Donatello had an excellent knowledge of human anatomy
  - - - Was a sculptor, an architect and a painter
      - Michelangelo’s works show new developments in monumentality and a style called terribilità
        
        This style was characterised by the contained strength and great expressiveness of the figures
- - - - The Cinquecento
      - The Quattrocento