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Following is a list of Italian architects. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The basic elements of Italian Renaissance architecture, including Doric columns, lintels, cornices, loggias, pediments and domes had already been used in the 15th century or earlier, before Palladio. They had been skillfully brought together by Brunelleschi in the Pazzi Chapel (1420) and the Medici-Riccardi Palace (1444–1449).
Pages in category "18th-century Italian architects" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Renaissance architects of Italian Renaissance architecture. ... 16th-century Italian architects (166 P) A. Leon Battista Alberti (2 C, 2 P) B. Donato Bramante (2 C, 2 P)
Giovanni Scalfurotto (c. 1700–1764), architect; Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548–1616), architect; author of The Idea of a Universal Architecture; Sebastiano del Piombo (c. 1485–1547), real name "Sebastiano Luciani", painter who became an assistant to Pope Clement VII (keeper of the leaden seal, hence "Piombo", which means "lead")
Architects of Renaissance architecture. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. Italian Renaissance architects (12 C, 90 P)
Italian architecture is heavily influenced from the Classical ideals of ancient Greek and ancient Roman civilizations. [2] early 15th century - The Renaissance architectural revolution masterpiece, Florence Cathedral. Completed in 1436, it challenged the ideals of architecture and engineering, especially Brunelleschi's dome. [2]
The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence possesses the largest brick dome in the world, [2] [3] and is considered a masterpiece of European architecture.. Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi (1377 – 15 April 1446), commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi (/ ˌ b r uː n ə ˈ l ɛ s k i / BROO-nə-LESK-ee; Italian: [fiˈlippo brunelˈleski]) and also nicknamed Pippo by Leon ...