Key Notions. Renaissance Architecture. Saturday, September 22, 2012 Course Outline 23/09/2012. Or, The Conquest of Reality St. Lawrence, 9/23/2012

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1 Renaissance Architecture Or, The Conquest of Reality St. Lawrence, 9/23/2012 Saturday, September 22, 2012 Course Outline The Renaissance Brunelleschi and his dome Alberti Bramante Palladio Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Key Notions -Cupola -Martyrium -Pietra serena -Trecento -Quattrocento -Cinquecento -Seicento Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 1

1401 as a goldsmith he was also a clock-maker, a painter, an architect, a builder and an engineer first to

2 Italy, 1400 Source: 5 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Filippo Brunelleschi Florence, 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 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 2

Brunelleschi (left) and Ghiberti (right), Sacrifice of Isaac 1401,

Source: 5 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St.

Georgia Dome 43,2 m Pantheon 42 m Duomo 31 m Hagia Sophia 30,7 m

3 Brunelleschi (left) and Ghiberti (right), Sacrifice of Isaac 1401, Bronze relief, 53 x 43 cm, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Source: 5 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria and Baptistry Source: 14 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral Domes 256 m Georgia Dome 43,2 m Pantheon 42 m Duomo 31 m Hagia Sophia 30,7 m Caracalla Bath 14,5 m Tholos, Mycenae 10,9 m Pazzi Chapel 6,5 m Villa Rotunda Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 3

4 Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Dome Source: 4 & 1 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Foundling Hospital Florence, Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Foundling Hospital Inner court and portico Source: 6 & 7 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 4

Pazzi Chapel Florence, 1430-1461 Source: 4 Early

interior and plan Source: 10 Early Lawrence,,

5 Pazzi Chapel Florence, Source: 4 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Pazzi Chapel: facade Source: 4 & 11 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Pazzi Chapel: interior and plan Source: 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 5

Pazzi Chapel: inside and porch dome Source: 10

6 Pazzi Chapel: inside and porch dome Source: 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santo Spirito Church Florence, Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santo Spirito Church, Dome Source: 12 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 6

Della Pittura, 1436 Ten Books on Architecture, 1452 works: Santa Maria Novella and Sant Andrea Source: 10 Early High Late

7 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 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria Novella Florence, Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria Novella: module Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 7

Lawrence,, Beaudoin Sant Andrea: interior

8 Sant Andrea, Mantua, 1470 Source: 5 &10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Sant Andrea: facade and plan Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Sant Andrea: interior Source: 8 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 8

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.

9 Donato Bramante 1444, Casteldurante , 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 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria presso San Satiro Milan, : interior and plan Photo by Abschied Source: 13 & 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria presso San Satiro Milan, : interior and truth Photo by Abschied Source: 13 & 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 9

The Tempietto Rome, 1502-1510 Source: 5 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St.

1545-47,visits Rome a member of the master masons of Vicenza Four Books on Architecture, 1570 works: Villa Rotunda and San Giorgio

10 The Tempietto Rome, Source: 5 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Andrea Palladio , Padua with Bramante, one of the most influential architects of the Renaissance between ,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 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Villa Rotunda Vicenza, (see plate 232) Source: 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 10

San Giorgio Maggiore Venice, 1566-1610 (see plate 290) Source: 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St.

11 San Giorgio Maggiore Venice, (see plate 290) Source: 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin San Giorgio Maggiore: facade Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Suggested readings -Gombrich, The Story of Art, ; ; ; ; Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 3. p ; Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages, p ; ; ; ; Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 11

12 Bibliography and Sources 1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities 2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 3. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol Gombrich, The Story of Art 5. Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages 6. Nuttgens, Histoire de l architecture 7. University Laval Course Notes 8. web.tiscalinet.it www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 12

Renaissance Architecture Or, The Conquest of Reality St. Lawrence, 2/21/2017 Saturday, September 22, 2012 Course Outline

Renaissance Architecture Or, The Conquest of Reality St. Lawrence, 2/21/2017 Saturday, September 22, 2012 Course Outline The Renaissance Brunelleschi and his dome Alberti Bramante Palladio 1 1401-02 Sacrifice