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Renaissance

Renaissance April 7th, 2007 Renaissance, photo by irinuchka. …in the Renaissance Center, Detroit. Kind of amazing what can be accomplished when you… Renaissance[...]

The Renaissance

The 14th century saw a new spirit of intellectual inquiry, which was democratized by the invention of printing and radicalized by the Reformation in religion and a Renaissance, first in literature and, afterwards, in architecture. In England the new wealth of the laity led to the development of[...]

The Renaissance continue…

This language was inherited by Donato Bramante (1444-1514), whose friends and mentors included Leonardo da Vinci (14591519), Alberti and Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Within this extraordinary environment, Bramante, who had trained as a painter, studied the work of Brunelleschi and turned his genius to architecture. He collaborated with[...]

Filippo Brunelleschi (The Best Renaissance Architect)

Filippo Brunellechi (Florence, 1377-1446) was probably the most important and foremost architect of the Italian Renaissance. All of his works, including the imposing dome of the Santa Maria del Filippo Brunelleschi (The Best Renaissance Architect)[...]

Considering One-Stop Shops

This weekend, while watching hour after hour of the NCAA basketball tournament, I saw a commercial for Renaissance Homes, the Lake Oswego based residential builder. If I’m not mistaken, Renaissance builds mostly single-family homes in suburban subdivisions. That’s not really my area of interest, to put it diplomatically. But the[...]