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Bramante’s Tempietto at Baroque façades, Industrial innovations in glass and
San Pietro in Montorio, Rome such as this one added to metal were applied in new buildings, like
(built in 1502–10, see p433) Syracuse’s Duomo between Mengoni’s imposing Galleria Vittorio
was a Renaissance tribute to 1728 and 1754, were often Emanuele II (1865) in Milan (see p198).
the precise, Classical temples grafted onto older churches.
of ancient Rome.
The Mole Antonelliana (1863–89), in
Turin, topped by a soaring granite spire,
was for a time the tallest building in the
The Classical ideals of Papal patronage and the world (p228).
Rome and ancient Greece vigour of the Counter-
were reintroduced into Reformation fuelled the Torre Velasca’s 26-floor
Italian architecture during Baroque, a period of tower in Milan (1950s)
the Renaissance. architectural splendour, pioneered the use of
invention and exuberance. reinforced concrete.
1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Romanesque Renaissance Baroque 19th Century 20th Century
1200 1400 1600 1800 2000

Santa Maria Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Novella in (1598–1680), architect
Siena’s Duomo Florence has of St Peter’s Square, was
(1136–82), a vast a Renaissance a dominant figure in
Romanesque- façade (1456– Roman Baroque.
Gothic cathedral, 70) by Alberti
went through 200 and a Gothic
years of architectural interior. Andrea Palladio (1508–80) built
transformation Neo-Classical villas and palazzi. His
(see pp346–7). style was imitated in Europe for The MAXXI building,
Outer skin of over two centuries (see pp84–5). which houses the National
dome, Museum of 21st Century Arts
Lantern supported by (see p445), was designed by
24 ribs the architect Zaha Hadid.
Inner
shell

Brunelleschi’s dome for the
Duomo in Florence, completed
in 1436, was a masterpiece
of Renaissance design and The Pirelli building in Milan,
ingenious engineering (see p257). The Gesù in Rome was designed for designed by Ponti and Nervi
the Jesuits by Vignola in 1568. With its (late 1950s), is a great example
powerful façade and lavish decoration of modern Italian architecture
it was the prototype for countless (see p189).
other Baroque churches (see p385).

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