Roman architecture expanded on Greek post-and-lintel construction by adding domes, arches, arcades, and vaults, achieved through techniques such as graduated-thickness reinforced concrete and weight-reducing coffering, and organized around classical ideals of mathematical precision, proportion, and geometric perfection (the square and circle). Renaissance architecture is a deliberate revival of these classical structural methods and proportional ideals, often achieved not by direct imitation of surviving techniques (much of which had been lost) but by independently re-deriving structural solutions (e.g., double-shell dome construction) that achieve the same formal and symbolic goals. This belongs to the history of Western architecture, specifically the classical-to-Renaissance revival lineage, in which humanist ideals were expressed through renewed use of classical structural and decorative vocabulary.
Roman architecture expanded on Greek post-and-lintel construction by adding domes, arches, arcades, and vaults, achieved through techniques such as graduated-thickness reinforced concrete and weight-…