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
Italy, 1400 Source: 5 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 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 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 2
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
Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Dome Source: 4 & 1 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Foundling Hospital Florence, 1419-1445 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 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 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santo Spirito Church Florence, 1434-1482 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santo Spirito Church, Dome Source: 12 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 6
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, 1456-1470 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria Novella: module Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 7
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. Peter s Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria presso San Satiro Milan, 1480-81: interior and plan Photo by Abschied Source: 13 & 10 Early High Late Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Santa Maria presso San Satiro Milan, 1480-81: 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. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 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 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Villa Rotunda Vicenza, 1566-71 (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. Lawrence,, Beaudoin San Giorgio Maggiore: facade Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 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 Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 11
Bibliography and Sources 1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities 2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 3. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 3 4. 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 9. www.giuseppeborsoi.it 10. www.wikipedia.com 11. www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk 12. www.travel.webshots.com 13. www.flickr.com 14. www.cs.oberlin.ed Renaissance Archi., St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 12