I'm writing a renaissance-inspired fantasy book, and the castle is definitely one of the most important locations in my story. I've been hunting for some 3D room designer websites where I'd be able to design some rooms of the castle, but nothing I find has that 1600s/1700s look that I'm going for. Does anyone know of a design app or website in which I could make a decent-looking castle interior? Thanks!
What is Renaissance architecture?
Renaissance or Renaissance architecture is a style of architecture which expresses the rebirth of classical culture. It originated in Florence in the early 15th century and spread throughout Europe, replacing the medieval Gothic style. The Renaissance refers to an artistic and intellectual historical epoch, which, starting in Italy, continued into the Gothic period and was replaced by the Baroque, with the aim of reviving ancient art and ideas.
During the architecture of the High Renaissance, some of the contributions of Renaissance architecture and its architectural concepts were also developed and utilized with greater certainty, as were certain elements of classical thought, particularly symmetry and classical orders dating back to classical antiquity.
In the 18th century the ancient Roman forms, such as the column and the round arch, the tunnel vault and the dome, were revived. Their basic design element was the order of geometric components. Knowledge of classical architecture came from the ruins of ancient buildings and the writings of Vitruvius.
In the 16th century Renaissance cinquecento architecture was characterized by geometric design as opposed to the disorder of medieval cities. And, while in Renaissance buildings the geometric principle was well suited to their functioning, in a complex organism such as the city, adherence to strict geometric canons was contrasted with the real life needs of the population.
These cities often remained utopian projects, working only theoretically, because the play of geometry, simple or articulated, certainly did not help to resolve the many variants of a complex urban system. However, in some cases these premises were used to create small examples of Renaissance architecture, in excerpts of ideal cities within the wonderful random cities, stratified in their history.
As in the classical era, in summary of Renaissance architecture, architectural proportion was the most important factor of beauty; Renaissance architects found a harmony between human proportions and buildings. This concern for proportion resulted in the larger space and easily understandable clearings that distinguish the Renaissance style from the Gothic.
Is there a way to tell what texts are good? I'm interested in the Baroque style, and the technicality behind it. So, I wouldn't mind some historical text, but I'd also like to see formulas, terminology, and models of different components.
Edit 2: Q&A on the project from the creators: https://youtu.be/lPAp3lxbHN4
Edit: moving my background comment to the post as I submitted this as text post by accident.
The Kickstarter Campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twounicornschateau/tatyana-and-selmar
Some background:
Selmar is a drifter from the Netherlands who has spent the past year living in caravan at the Chateau of one Stephanie Jarvis, a self-made success story in the world of British YouTuber-Expats in France and coincidentally, also one of Patreonβs most successful eBeggars.
Selmar has earned himself a role in the supporting cast of Stephanieβs YouTube channel and appearances on Channel 4βs βEscape to the Chateau: DIYβ whilst working part time as a handyman and has recently launched his own YouTube channel to capitalise on the hordes of geriatric North Americans who idolise his boss.
Enter Tatyana, a soap-making, Harry Potter fan- fiction writing American who recently crossed the channel from her base in the UK to finally meet her online boyfriend and make public their apparent shared desire to purchase a Chateau of their own.
Questions were immediately raised about their ability to afford such a purchase in the absence of any obvious sources of income for either party but those have now been answered with the announcement of a Kickstarter via Stephanie Jarvisβs YouTube channel.
This campaign, like dear Tatyanaβs various self-published novels, is a work of pure fantasy.
why the black floor with beige walls? its so dimly lit and it has a bulkhead for some reason.
so empty and why are there 2 windows at the back wall for no purpose? brown in the moulding too? ew.
I just hate the moulding too much. Why its there a bulkhead tho???? looks like a basement almost.
at this angle its ok other then that moulding again. It could be forgiven with a LOT of upgrades.
master washroom has no light like the rest of the house
what did they need from a balcony, looking onto flat plains too?
My experience living in both car-centric, sprawling US cities, often build with modern or brutalist architecture and long unbroken blocks of buildings, as well as low car/no car urban areas in Europe with a more traditional urban form, seems to be that the traditional designs, without the stress of auto noise and danger, and with comfortable squares where you can dine and talk and stroll, and beautiful churches and buildings of up to five stories, lead me to feel calm and social and friendly. On the other hand, I always feels a low level of stress being on the street in US cities. It does not lead me to feel any particular affection for these cities, whereas I feel very protective of traditional European ones. My urge is to get off of these streets as soon as I can.
This leads me to wonder if the Renaissance thinkers may have been on to something. They didn't have cars, obviously, but the scale and dimensions of their buildings, squares, etc, were meant to produce a positive effect on people.
Do we have any reason to suspect this actually occurs with traditional architecture/city planning? Has research been done?
I'm just curious what the difference between Renaissance and Baroque architecture is, aside from their date. Every time I google an image of a Renaissance or Baroque architecture, I get very similar looking results that are hard to distinguish with my untrained eyes (I can only distinguish those from Florence). In fact, I keep getting images of St. Paul's Basilica for both, so I am wondering if St. Paul's Basilica is a Renaissance architecture or a Baroque architecture.
https://www.amazon.com/Brunelleschis-Dome-Renaissance-Reinvented-Architecture-ebook/dp/B00DUVKOUW
The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it.
