Bernardo Rosselino (1409-64). who built the Palazzo Rucellai, in general he repeated this form in the Palazzo Piccolomini in Pienza. where he also built a cathedral. It was part of one of the largest urban development projects of this era, building the entire papal city from scratch. Like many of the later Renaissance projects it was not completed, for financial resources have not lived up to great gusts of spirit. The construction of ideal cities was the primary interest of Antonio Averlino Filaret (ok. 1400-69). the second, after Alber-tim, the architectural theorist of that time. He did not build much himself, if you don't count Castello Sforzesco parts and the big one, symmetrical Ospedale Maggiore in Milan.
Belonging to the next generation of Florentine architects Giuliano da Maiano (1432-90) introduced the Renaissance style in Siena, by erecting the Palazzo San-nochi, he also built the cathedral in Faenza. He spent the last phase of his career in Naples, where he made Porta Capuana and the chapels in the church of Monteoliveto. Giuliano da Sangallo (1445-1516) he was the first architect, who applied Renaissance principles in the construction of the villa. His works in Florence include the Palazzo Strozzi. the most ambitious palace of the century, and the antique-styled cloister of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi. where he boldly replaced the arcades with Ionic columns.
The most complete and sophisticated Renaissance palace was built in the rather provincial city of Urbino. where the enlightened flourished, humanistic court life. General design, construction of an elegant courtyard and decorative fireplaces and door frames, which are the key elements of the interior, credited to Luciano Laurana (ok. 1420-79), a little-known architect of Dalmatian origin. The Sienese Francesco di Giorgio Martini also worked in Urbino (1439-1501/2). which is believed. that he had built a magnificent loggia overlooking the hills. as well as two domed churches: San Bernardino w samym Urbino i Santa Maria del Calcinaio w Cortonie. Like many other Renaissance architects, he designed numerous defensive structures, specializing in hilltop castles, developing many pioneering solutions in the field of anti-artillery fortifications. Another small manor house, on which the Renaissance flourished, was Ferrara. mainly thanks to the expansion of the city by Biagio Rosetti (1447-1516), and to him Ferrara owes many churches and palaces; the most original of the latter is the Palazzo dei Oiamanti, named for the rhomboidal shapes on the facade. In Venice, adherence to the Gothic style lasted until the seventh decade of the 15th century. When the Renaissance finally took root here, it was given a strong local accent - there were echoes of Byzantine art in the form of a predilection for rich surfaces and mystical spatial effects. The profession of the Venice architect was still associated with a much lower prestige than in Florence, and it was not until 19th century research that revealed, that Mauro Coducci (ok. 1440-1504) he was the builder of many of the city's most magnificent buildings from that period - the churches of San Michele in Isola. San Giovanni Cristosomo i Santa Maria Formosa. His rival. Lombardo floor (ok. 1435-1515) he was interested not so much in the principles of the Florentine Renaissance, what with their use to modernize the Venetian-Byzantine tradition. The tiny church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli. for which he made decorations with his sons, shows his highly ornamental style at its best.