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Renaissance Architecture
Or, The Conquest of Reality St. Lawrence, 2/15/2015
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Saturday, September 22, 2012Course Outline
The Renaissance
Brunelleschi and his dome
Alberti
Bramante
Palladio
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Key Notions
-Cupola-Martyrium-Pietra serena-Trecento-Quattrocento -Cinquecento-Seicento
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Italy, 1400
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Florence, 1377-1446• his father is a notary
• accepted in the Silk Guild in 1401 as a goldsmith
• he was also a clock-maker, a painter, an architect, a builder and an engineer
• first to experiment on linear perspective
• bridge between Gothic and Renaissance periods
• works: Duomo, Foundling Hopital, and Pazzi Chapel
Source: 10 Early High Late
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Brunelleschi (left) and Ghiberti (right), Sacrifice of Isaac
1401, Bronze relief, 53 x 43 cm, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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Santa Maria and Baptistry
Source: 14 Early High Late
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Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral
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Domes256 m Georgia Dome43,2 m Pantheon42 m Duomo31 m Hagia Sophia30,7 m Caracalla Bath14,5 m Tholos, Mycenae10,9 m Pazzi Chapel6,5 m Villa Rotunda
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Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Dome
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Foundling HospitalFlorence, 1419-1445
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Foundling HospitalInner court and portico
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Pazzi ChapelFlorence, 1430-1461
Source: 4 Early High Late
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Pazzi Chapel: facade
Source: 4 & 11 Early High Late
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Pazzi Chapel: interior and plan
Source: 10 Early High Late
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Pazzi Chapel: inside and porch dome
Source: 10 Early High Late
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Santo Spirito ChurchFlorence, 1434-1482
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Santo Spirito Church, Dome
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Leone Battista Alberti
1404, Genoa-1472, Rome• one of the first ‘Renaissance men’
• a complete humanist: a painter, musician, architect, scholar, scientist, and athlete
• ‘Beauty is harmony.’
• Della Pittura, 1436
• Ten Books on Architecture, 1452
• works: Santa Maria Novella and Sant’Andrea
Source: 10 Early High Late
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Santa Maria NovellaFlorence, 1456-1470
Source: 7 Early High Late
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Santa Maria Novella: module
Source: 7 Early High Late
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Sant’Andrea, Mantua, 1470
Source: 5 &10 Early High Late
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Sant’Andrea: facade and plan
Source: 7 Early High Late
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Sant’Andrea: interior
Source: 8 Early High Late
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Donato Bramante
1444, Casteldurante - 1514, Rome• one of the most important architects of
the Renaissance
• he is ‘illiterate’
• leaves Milan in 1500 because of wars
• works: Tempietto and St. Peter’s
Source: 7 Early High Late
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Santa Maria presso San SatiroMilan, 1480-81: interior and plan
Photo by Abschied
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Santa Maria presso San SatiroMilan, 1480-81: interior and truth
Photo by Abschied
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The TempiettoRome, 1502-1510
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Andrea Palladio
1508 - 1580, Padua• with Bramante, one of the most influential
architects of the Renaissance
• between 1545-47,visits Rome
• a member of the master masons of Vicenza
• Four Books on Architecture, 1570
• works: Villa Rotunda and San Giorgio Maggiore
Source: 9 Early High Late
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Villa RotundaVicenza, 1566-71 (see plate 232)
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San Giorgio MaggioreVenice, 1566-1610 (see plate 290)
Source: 10 Early High Late
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San Giorgio Maggiore: facade
Source: 7 Early High Late
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Suggested readings
-Gombrich, The Story of Art, 167-174; 215-219; 273-275; 331-350; 361-365-Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p. 180-222-Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 3. p. 51-53; 71-78-Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages, p. 587-591; 598-600; 604-605; 619-620; 658-660
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Bibliography and Sources
1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction3. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 34. Gombrich, The Story of Art5. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages6. Nuttgens, Histoire de l’architecture7. University Laval Course Notes8. web.tiscalinet.it9. www.giuseppeborsoi.it10. www.wikipedia.com11. www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk12. www.travel.webshots.com13. www.flickr.com14. www.cs.oberlin.ed