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Mention two outstanding features of the renaissance architecture.

The two outstanding features of Renaissance architecture are as follows:-

1) They tend to describe classicism. The buildings had both interior and exterior built with classical motifs.


2) They also intrude mainly with the physical depths with classical veneer having minimally two-dimensional appearances. The mastery of the illusionist painting techniques had linear perspective, foreshortening and later quadrature depths in the picture.


Explanation: Features from Classical Architecture: Renaissance architects were majorly inspired by Greek and Roman architecture. Because of this, features like columns and arches were very universal. Their designs were very simple and they tend to eliminate extraordinary designs that were illogical. Logic, Simplicity and Symmetry were the main aspects of their architecture.


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