Editing Renaissance architecture (section)

== Legacy ==
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Many styles of Late Renaissance and Mannerist architecture transitioned fairly easily in local styles of [[Baroque architecture]]; in other areas the change was more abrupt. Baroque and [[Neoclassical architecture]] dominated the later 17th and the 18th century in most areas, and persisted well into the 19th century in many places and individual buildings.

During the 19th century there was a conscious revival of the style in [[Renaissance Revival architecture]], that paralleled the [[Gothic Revival]]. Whereas the Gothic style was perceived by architectural theorists{{NoteTag|[[John Ruskin]]<br />[[Cambridge Camden Society]]}} as being the most appropriate style for Church building, the Renaissance palazzo was a good model for urban secular buildings requiring an appearance of dignity and reliability such as banks, gentlemen's clubs and apartment blocks.{{NoteTag|An influential example, The [[Reform Club]] in London (1841) by [[Charles Barry]] was closely inspired by the [[Palazzo Farnese]], discussed above [http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/england/london/barry/reform.html Photos and commentary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111457/http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/england/london/barry/reform.html |date=29 September 2007 }}}} Buildings that sought to impress, such as the [[Palais Garnier]], were often of a more Mannerist or Baroque style.{{NoteTag|[[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]]}} Architects of factories, office blocks and department stores continued to use the Renaissance palazzo form into the 20th century, in [[Mediterranean Revival Style architecture]] with an Italian Renaissance emphasis.<ref name="Pevs" />{{NoteTag|[[Louis Sullivan]]}}

Many of the concepts and forms of Renaissance architecture can be traced through subsequent architectural movements—from Renaissance to High-Renaissance, to Mannerism, to Baroque (or [[Rococo]]), to [[Neo-Classicism]], and to [[Eclecticism]]. While Renaissance style and motifs were largely purged from [[Modernism]], they have been reasserted in some [[Postmodern architecture]]. The influence of Renaissance architecture can still be seen in many of the modern styles and rules of architecture today.