Two general sites dealing with the history of Renaissance architecture and featuring examples of principal structures are available at http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/renais.html   as well as at  www.anu.edu.au/ArtHistory/renart/pics.arch/index_1.html.    At http://gallery.euroweb.hu//welcome.html one will find a Web gallery of over 5000 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures (1200-1700).

LINKS TO FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI (1377-1446):

• At www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ospedale/ospedale.html    one may find views of Brunelleschi's  Ospedale degli Innocenti.
• Information about Brunelleschi's role in the architectural heritage of 15th-century Florence appears at www.arca.net/db/storia/chp9.htm.
• For detailed information on Brunelleschi's solution for constructing the cathedral dome in Florence see http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/news/mostra/4/index.html.
• Informantion on the cathedral cupola,  the crucifix in St. Maria Novella, and the centre nave of St. Lorenzo is available at www.mega.it/eng/egui/pers/fibru.htm.
• An informative biography appears at http://gallery.euroweb.hu/bio/b/brunelle/biograph.html.

LINKS TO LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI (1404-1472):

• At www.shu.edu/academic/arts_sci/modlang/sites/italian/artists/outline.html   appear pages providing a biography, remarks about Alberti's education, links to his works, and a bibliography.
• A portrait along with brief remarks about Alberti's importance to Renaissance architecture and links to sites about Brunelleschi and Masaccio appear at www.mega.it/eng/egui/pers/lbalber.htm.
• A brief biography and images of three of Alberti's major buildings--S. Andrea at Mantua,  S. Maria Novella at Florence, and San Sabastiano at Manuat are available at www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Leon_Battista_Alberti.html.  
• Six images of S. Andrea appear at www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/mantua.mantua.html.    That sight also contains a link to Alberti's Palazzo Rucellai, at which appear 7 images of the building, including the facade.    Students wishing to compare this structure with Michelozzo di Bartolommeo's magnificent Palazzo Medici-Riccardi may want to visit www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/medici/medici.html.

LINKS TO ANDREA PALLADIO (1508-1580):

• Vitrivius' Heirs
• A brief biography of Andrea Palladio is available at www.gpnet.it/a.nardi/epallad.htm   and at  www.archinform.de/arch/23.htm.
• Palladio's Rotonda and links to 4 other structures are available at www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/rotonda/rotonda.html.
• The entire text of  Palladio's The Four Books of Architecture is available at Harvard's "Palladio Museum" site:   http://andrea.gsd.harvard.edu/palladio/.     This site also contains   Volume  I of Scamozzi's study,   The Buildings and the Designs of Andrea Palladio.   Of interest to architectural history students are the dozens of images of Palladian structures available at this site.
• See http://aboutscotland.co.uk/harmony/harmony.html.    This site provides the background for linking Renaissance architectural practice with Platonic and Pythagorean number theory,  partially explaining Palladio's concern with harmony.   
• To investigate Palladio's use of mathematics and his indebtedness to Alberti and Platonic number theory,  see  www.leonet.it/culture/nexus/network_journal/Wassell.html.     
• For further information on Palladio's Italian architecture,  see www.boglewood.com/palladio/.    This site also contains valuable links to other Palladian sites. 
• For viewers capable of reading Italian,  the following site contains information on seven major Palladian structures, as well as links to related ideas:   www.gpnet.it/a.nardi/indice.htm.

LINKS TO INIGO JONES (1573-1652):

• A brief biography and image of the Banqueting House at Whitehall in London and The Queen's House in Greenwich are available at www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Inigo_Jones.html.  

LINKS TO SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN (1632-1723):

• Seven of Wren's buildings are available at www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Sir_Christopher_Wren.html.  
• For a brief biography and links to several of his buildings, see www.aligrafix.co.uk/oxford/wren.html.

LINKS TO JOHN WOOD (1728-1781):

• Views of John's Wood's  work at Bath appear at www.greatbuildings.com/architects/John_Wood.html.  
• Four images of Wood's The Royal Crescent appear at www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bath18c/bath2.html.

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