CLEP Western Civ I

Answer: C - Flying buttresses were not characteristic of Renaissance architecture. In fact, they were banned by the city of Florence altogether. Like everything else in the Italian Renaissance, architecture was informed by the style of ancient Rome and Greece, and the hallmarks of classical architecture were incorporated into Renaissance works. Rounded buildings and domes made a comeback. Columns were once again employed in the traditional Greco-Roman fashion. Meanwhile, symmetry and geometric balance were the foundation upon which Renaissance works were created, forgoing the vertical emphasis of the Gothic period.