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first half of 14th century: Palazzo dell'Arte dei Beccai: first half of 14th century: Church of San Carlo dei Lombardi: 1349–1404: Neri di Fioravante and Benci di Cione: Palazzo Davanzati: c. 1350: Loggia del Bigallo: 1352–1358: Alberto Arnoldi: Palazzo Acciaiuoli: second half of 14th century: Palazzo Canigiani: second half of 14th century ...
Brunelleschi's first major architectural commission was for the enormous brick dome which covers the central space of Florence's cathedral, designed by Arnolfo di Cambio in the 14th century but left unroofed. While often described as the first building of the Renaissance, Brunelleschi's daring design utilises the pointed Gothic arch and Gothic ...
Facade of Santa Maria Novella (1456) Michelangelo, Doni Tondo (1503–1504) The Florentine Renaissance in art is the new approach to art and culture in Florence during the period from approximately the beginning of the 15th century to the end of the 16th. This new figurative language was linked to a new way of thinking about humankind and the ...
The 14th-century Palazzo Vecchio is still preeminent with its crenellated tower. The square is also shared with the Loggia della Signoria, the Uffizi Gallery, the Palace of the Tribunale della Mercanzia (1359) (now the Bureau of Agriculture), and the Palazzo Uguccioni (1550, with a facade attributed to Raphael, who however died thirty years before its construction).
Margrave Hugh "the Great" of Tuscany chose Florence as his residence instead of Lucca in about 1000 CE. This initiated a Golden Age of Florentine Art. In 1013, construction was begun on the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte. The exterior of the baptistry was reworked in Romanesque style between 1059 and 1128.
A number of major Italian Gothic buildings were begun in the late 13th century and completed in the 14th. Florence Cathedral, designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, was begun in 1296. It is not exceptionally high, but the interior has a sense of spaciousness created by the merger of the nave and the aisles. The work proceeded very slowly.
1334 – Tongji Bridge (Jinhua) in China completed as a stone covered bridge. 1334–1342 – Construction of old Palais des Papes in Avignon, designed by Pierre Poisson. 1334–1359 – Construction of Giotto's Bell Tower in Florence, Italy. 1337 – Rebuilding of Gloucester Abbey in England in Perpendicular style begins.
Another popular explanation for the Italian Renaissance is the thesis, first advanced by historian Hans Baron, [24] that states that the primary impetus of the early Renaissance was the long-running series of wars between Florence and Milan. By the late 14th century, Milan had become a centralized monarchy under the control of the Visconti family.