Baroque Grandeur Flashcards
form used in Renaissance gardens
- symmetry/ axiality
- outward looking
- geometric form
- interior/ exterior connection
function renaissance gardens
- dynamism
- expressions of power/ influence
- allegory
- iconography
env’t context renaissance
- regional expressin
- mediterranean climate
- limited water
- topography
cultural context renaissance
- humanism
- merging christian and classical influences
- rebirth of knowledge
what century did Baroque design appear?
17th
what is the 17th century described as
Age of Reason
-advances in scientific knowledge challenged religious beliefs and Renaissance order
what is most famous example of religous Baroque
Saint Peter’s Square, Rome
describe characteristics of St Peter’s square
2 colonades with 4 rows deep of doric columns representing outstretched arms of church, obelisk in centre
who was the Piazza designed by
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
renaissance vs baroque styles
renaissance: order and harmony –> conception of villa/ garden as ensemble complete in itself
Baroque: extreme use of spacce –> space became ambiguous, illusionistic and distorted with optical tricks –> shooks one belief in the order of the world
3 main principle in Baroque design
- subdivision
- extension
- illusion
Boboli gardens, Florence
who?
where?
why?
Niccolo Tibolo designer
- owned by Cosimo de’Medici
- Florence, behind Pitti Palace
- gardens celebrated the water Cosimo brought to Florence via constructing aqueducts
alle def’n
walkway lined with tree and shrubs
bosco
sacred wood
parterre
level space, usually rectangular and on a terrace near a house, laid out in decorative pattern using plants and gravels
Isolo Bella, Lago Maggiore
where
who
- island Lago Maggiore
- Borromeo - built architectonic fantasy
Isolo Bella, Lago Maggiore
concepts/ design
- attempted axial alignment but symmetry couldnt be achieved with palace so disguised by terraced gardens and curving stairs
- water star of this design
- baroque principles: grand proportions that have been distorted –> overwhelming, tension
where did Baroque design extend to
Persia, India, Holland France and England
2 famous Baroque gardens in France
- Versailles
2. Vaux-le-Vicomte
famous baroque garden in Holland
Het loo
why is Het Loo considered “Versailles of Holland”
- axial layout, fountains, parterres and statues
how did Baroque design in France shift?
- attitude towards nature changed –> no longer considered beautiful
1. shrubs and tree trimmed
2. contours graded
3. rivers diverted
4. lands inscribed with paths and allees - ground decorated with garden parterres
where were parterres best viewed from? symbolized?
- high vantage point
- house gained new authority as symbol of visual control in garden
who built Versailles and Vaux-Le-Vicomte ?
Le Notre
who was Vaux- Le–Vicomte built for
finance minister for Louis 14th
what was the intent of building Versailles
- duty to symbolize and project through his monarchy Frances power and intellectual leadership of the Western world
- human’s domination over nature
what is Borghese vase
- replica of original marble sculpture in Greece
- baroque ties to classical and neoclassical forms
what are 5 design elements used in Versailles
- axial promenades
- grand canals
- stepped terraces
- artificial cascades and fountains
- bosquets
bosquet
block of trees and shrubs pierced by paths
promenade
public walk
le Notres garden style
- axial extension
- allees defined by ranks of tree
- intersections marked with fountains
- sculpture and monuments
