De Medici Suite

Era: Renaissance Late 14th —Early 17th Century Monarch: Queen Isabella of Castile (Spain)

De Medici of Florence Artist: Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Mantegna

Interior Characteristics:

• The time period and origin of the Renaissance is very hard to place because the Renaissance took place at different times and at different places.
• Although looking forward to modem thought, this period also revived the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
• Renaissance painting turned increasingly more realistic than that of its earlier eras. The artists started painting in a new way using linear perspectives. Artist such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Bartolomeo di Giovanni, and Filippino Lippi were now able to paint and portray interiors in a realistic manor.
• Everything was intricately carved or crafted with pride.
• Every Renaissance piece of art, sculpture, piece of furniture, or architecture unique in its own way because there was no machinery or mass production.
• Everything is either made from wood that has dark tones such as mahogany, cherry, walnut, or ebony. Good use of limestone and marble also, which makes more use of intricate carvings.
• materials make all of the rooms seem heavy and anchored to the ground.
• One major thing that I like is the fact that the people during the Renaissance period take ideas from previous time periods regarding architecture.
• They honour their ancestors by building monuments in ancient approaches.
• Architectural details and relief carvings usually of religious, mythological, or figurative stories.