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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

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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

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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

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Pazzi Chapel: facade

Source: 4 & 11 Early High Late

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Pazzi Chapel: interior and plan

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Pazzi Chapel: inside and porch dome

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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

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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