Renaissance Perspectives V

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Pazzi Chapel, Florence,
showing rationalization and
human scale suited to Florentine mediatation, Filippo Bruneleschi,
c 1430
St Mark's Cathedral, Venice,
begun 800, with Doge's Palace, begun 1309, drawing together European and Ottoman influences suited to Venetian opulence, Canalleto painting, 1730
Baptism of Christ, Baptistry door panel, Siena Cathedral, Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1427 Doge's Palace, Venice, with open colonnade, restricted governmental floor, and secluded quarters
for Doge and Council, and prison bridge of sighs, begun 1309
Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, showing adaptation of Roman orders to civic and domestic activities, Leon, Baptista Albert, c 1460 Palazzo Medici model, showing courtyard with civic and domestic functions, Florence