The rebirth has begun in the 14th century
after the dark ages. As in the birth of the Greeks and Roman art, sculptures,
architecture and others that inspired the artists of the Renaissance. They took
ideas and studied their work in great detail that transferred them to their art
or design, otherwise in a better transformation. This period was the peek of
everything such as art, sculpting or architecture they wanted everything not to
be good or great but perfect.
The Parthenon
The Parthenon one of the biggest architecture of the Greek times. Similar a lot to the Pantheon structure in the Roman times where they got inspired from. Another thing is the Mosta dome is commonly and inspired from the Pantheon dome itself, it has the same pattern and how it is build. Everything is inspired from one another.
The Pantheon
The Mosta Dome. 
For example in Art the Renaissance learned how to get
depth, perspective, realism, light and shadow by learning all this is by
looking previous works and looked closely to what it was wrong. In the early
period it was still not that good but in the late period they got it perfectly
by practicing and looking at other works. They got inspired mostly by the Roman
art.
Giotto's work in the St. Francis cathedral
Another
example is on architecture where Fillipo Brunelleschi was the architect that
had to finish the dome of Florence Cathedral. He achieved his goal and he done
it but with the help of understanding other ancient classical buildings by
mathematical perspective.
The dome of Florence Cathedral
As for architecture
Renaissance studied the types of Roman columns the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic,
Corinthian and Composite. These columns were designed to hold large buildings
and with a decorative ends. In the Renaissance, architects aimed to use columns
to integrate with the structure as the Romans did. On of the first buildings to
use pilasters as integrated system was in the Old Sacristy by Brunelleschi.
Reference:
:Gombrich, (2009) The story of Art, E.H.
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