From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...
The styles of Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance Revival ran on parallel timelines and had similarities. Both were inspired by the classical design elements of ancient Europe — France and Italy, ...
As Europe emerged from the stagnation of the Middle Ages and the devastation wrought by the bubonic plague, there was a dramatic shift towards new intellectual, artistic, scientific, and economic ...