7. Renaissance Flashcards
To what city and country was the papacy moved to from Rome during what was known as the “Babylonian captivity”?
Avignon, France
Who is credited as bring the “Father of the Renaissance”?
Petrarch
Who coined the tern “Gothic” as a pejorative description of everything made in the land north of the Alps?
Petrarch
Who were the Ghibellines and the Guelfs?
Ghibellines: supported the Holy Roman Emperor
Guelfs: supported the Pope
Explain how Florence benefitted from the “Babylonian captivity”?
Rome abandoned, so Florence became center of culture
Explain how the final appearance of the Florence Cathedral is a manifestation of the battle between the Ghibellines and the Guelfs in Florence?
Ghibellines started with pointed arches, Guelfs ended with Italian round arch
What was the significant difference in the final plan of the Florence Cathedral from the typical plan of a Gothic church?
the altar was under the large dome, whereas the altar is usually on the end of the nave in a Gothic church
Who won the competition for the design of the doors for the Florence Baptistry?
Ghilberti
Who won the competition for the design of the dome for the Florence cathedral?
Brunelleschi
Describe the structural difference between a Roman and a Renaissance dome:
Roman: needs tension bands
Renaissance: double layered dome to hide the inner support system
What was the Roman solution to the thrust of a dome’s haunches?
tension bands
Compare the scale of the Florence dome to the Pantheon, Hagia Sophia, and Beauvais Cathedral:
twice as tall as Pantheon, taller that the Beauvais Cathedral without adding a dome, about same height as Hagia Sophia without adding dome
List three advantages gained in the Florence Cathedral by giving the dome a quinto acuto profile:
a. less thrust
b. less scaffolding
c. taller vertical form
Who developed the first treatise on perspective?
Brunelleschi
The only Classical treatise on architecture recovered during the Renaissance was written by:
Vitruvius
