Birth of Style-03

Of all the development of styles in the Christian architecture, Renaissance Architecture stands out for its dissociation from the entire architectural development that preceded it. From the early Christian architecture to the Gothic Architecture, this development encompassed a period almost a millennium. However, the Renaissance architecture discarded this tradition in favor of the classical architecture of the Greek & Roman period.

Though the history and development of renaissance architecture is very well documented, and the amount of information now available on the topic is overwhelming, there is hardly any discussion on why the renaissance architects and their patrons rejected the style of Christian architecture that was developed over a period of a thousand years and looked for inspiration in an architectural style which was based on the idol worshipping culture of Greek and Roman period.