The American Vignola: A Guide to the Making of Classical ArchitectureVignola codified the rules of classical architecture for the Italian Renaissance . . . Ware codified Vignola for the American Renaissance. John Barrington Bayley, from the Introductory Notes to The American Vignola From 1890 to 1940, Americans designed and built classical architecture on an extraordinary scale. During this American Renaissance were built countless libraries, museums, universities, courthouses, capitol buildings and other structures,