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How architecture evolved from Renaissance Florence to contemporary Bilbao, reshaping ideas about beauty, structure, and urban life.
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History of Architecture II (Renaissance to Contemporary): From Florence's Dome to Bilbao
Five centuries of architecture, from Brunelleschi's daring dome to digital curves, through the ideas that made each style possible.
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History of Architecture II (Renaissance to Contemporary): Renaissance architecture · The Early Renaissance in Florence
How Brunelleschi, Alberti and Michelozzo turned Florence into the birthplace of Renaissance architecture.
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From History of Architecture II (Renaissance to Contemporary): From Florence's Dome to Bilbao
How did Palladio's villa designs come to shape eighteenth-century houses in England and the Americas?
- Through Venetian builders who emigrated there
- Through his illustrated treatise, the Four Books
- Through engravings sold by the Vatican
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Answer: Through his illustrated treatise, the Four Books
His 1570 'Four Books of Architecture' was translated and widely reprinted, letting architects abroad copy his plans and proportions without visiting Italy.
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