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The first period in history to be aware of its own existence and to coin a label for itself.

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Renaissance

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Renaissance was derived from the Latin term..which means rebirth

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Renasci

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It is the center of Renaisasnce in intellectual and artistic sense

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Italy

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They were Florence’s wealthy patrons of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

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Medici family

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During this period they studied more on the human body, feelings and experiences. It started a revolution in art depicting it more realistically.

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Renaissance

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Periods of Renaissance

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The Proto Renaissance (1300-1400)

  • The Early Renaissance (1400-1500)
  • The High Renaissance (1495-1527)
  • The Late Renaissance (1527-1600)
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He was a known patron of art during the early renaissance

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Lorenzo de Medici

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Who was the mind behind the innovative dome for the Florence Cathedral?

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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Who discovered linear perspective?

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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Early Renaissance architecture

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SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE- DUOMO (Brunelleschi)
OSPEDALE DEGLI INNOCENTI (Brunelleschi)
BASILICA DI SAN LORENZO (Brunelleschi)
SANTA MARIA NOVELLA (Alberti)

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The building featured a nine-bay loggia, with impressive arches.

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OSPEDALE DEGLI INNOCENTI

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Who designed the glazed blue terracotta roundels with reliefs of babies in the spandrels of the arch in the Ospendale Degli Innocenti?

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Andrea della Robbia

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One of the largest churches of Florence, situated at the centre of the city’s main market district, and the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. Also, it is the oldest church in Florence.

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Basilica di San Lorenzo

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He was an important thinker of his day, but was a less technical architect. He used classical theory and architecture to make statements about society and the way it is ordered.

He believed that churches should be part of the cityscape. He was first to think about Urban Planning

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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI

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A religious fanatic named took power in Florence and condemned the arts as “vanity”

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Girolamo Savonarola

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Which Renaissance period was Florence faded as artistic hub and was replaced by Rome as the creative center of Italy?

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High Renaissance

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Who are the known artists during High Renaissance?

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Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael

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Who ws the creator of the High Renaissance Architecture?

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Donato Bramante

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Architectures during the High Renaissance

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The Tempieto (Bramante)
St. Peter Basilica (Bramante, Michelangelo, Raphael,  and Giacomo della Porta)
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During the 1500s, Venice was overly populated with the number of people living within the city reached to 125,000+. The city itself is a mass of density packed building.

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Late Renaissance

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“The 16th century Venetian Architectural Renaissance”

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Sebastiano Serlio
Michele Sanmicheli
Jacopo Sansovino
Andrea de Piero (Andrea Palladio)

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He brought twin influences as considered to be the perfect characteristics of the Northern Italy’s Architecture.

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Andrea Palladio

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What were the two influences considered to be the perfect characteristics of the Northern Italy’s Architecture?

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Classical Age

Roman High Renaissance

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Architecture works in the Late Renaissance

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Vicenza Basilica
Teatro Olimpico
Villa Rotonda
(All by Palladio)

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The term ____ referred to the Germanic Tribes who wreaked havoc on Western Europe, the Goths during the 4th Century.

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Gothic

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This period started during the 12th century up until the 16th century in Europe.

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Gothic Period

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The term _____ means seat of a bishop. It was derived from the Latin term “cathedra”, meaning seat

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Cathedral

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This period marked the growth and start of urban centers.

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Early Gothic Period (French Gothic Period)

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In 1122, who was appointed Abbot of Saint- Denis?

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Abbot Suger

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The very first example of Gothic Architecture. It was first built during the 8th century. Suger decided to make it bigger and better.

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BASILICA CATHEDRAL OF SAINT- DENIS

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During this period, builders had refined their techniques and polished the components to convey symmetry and unity. The design emphasis was on LIGHT and HEIGHT. Medieval architects determined how to place the elements of the walls to draw the eye upward and maximize the height and light as it soaked through the clerestory.

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High Gothic Period

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The finest cathedral built during the High Gothic period. It is also known as Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartes.It is known as an important stop for pilgrims, as it housed the tunic worn by Mary, mother of Jesus.

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Chartes Cathedral

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Parts of a Gothic Church

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  1. Arcade
  2. Nave
  3. Choir
  4. Altar
  5. Apse
  6. Ambulatory
  7. Nathex
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is a series of arches that are supported by piers and columns. Typically passageway between the arches and a solid wall or a covered walkway.

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The central part of the church. It extends from the entrance to the aisle infront of the sanctuary. They are divided into bays, which hold images of saints or altars devoted to their worship.

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Positioned between the eastern end of the nave and the altar

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The place where worshipers can partake in the Eucharist. In Gothic cathedrals, it was the centerpiece, emphasized the apse.

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A semicircular area behind the altar.

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A passage that runs behind the apse and the altar, allowing pilgrims to circulate in the church without disturbing the congregation or the clergy.

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Ambulatory

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A covered vestibule at the western end of the church. It is usually separated by columns or a wall.

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Key Architectural Elements (gothic)

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  1. Vaults
  2. Compound Piers
  3. Flying Butresses
  4. Ribs
  5. Stained glass
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An arch brought forward in space to create a cover over an interior.

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Have two supports coming from the same base.

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Compound Piers

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Used additional free-standing arches to brace the walls and reinforce the points of the vault that were vulnerable.
It resembled half arches attached to the walls
Most notable feature on the exterior of many Gothic Cathedrals

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Flying Butresses

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Because of the pointed arches piers channel is connected with it, thus the thrust of the pointed arch downward.

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It became an essential feature in religious building.

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Stained glass

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It is the stonework that supports and decorates the stained glass window

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stone infilling is thick and dominating the window

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Plate tracery

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a much thinner and delicate, there is more glass work.

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Bar tracery

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Emerged as a distinctive style in three distinct phases:

Early English Gothic (1175-1265)
Decorated Period (1250-1340)
Perpendicular Period (1330-1540)
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English Gothic

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Corresponds with High Gothic in France.

Common Feature
Vaulting
Quadripartite Piers
Lancet- Shaped Windows

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Early english gothic

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Traditional vault construction with extra ribs; also known as Tiercerons or Liernes.

Window Tracery
Thin lines of stonework that supports large pieces of glass
Commonly carved into flowery shapes with intersecting, flowing lines.

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Decorated Period

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Introduced rectangular shaped tracery

Enormous vertical window panel

Pendant Vaults
Looks like upside-down triangles that appears dangling from the ceiling without structural support.

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Perpendicular period

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Another famous church that was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in Gothic Style

Popular site for pilgrims, as to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket is situated here.

William of Sens, French Architect, was hired to plan the cathedral’s restoration.

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CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

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What period have: 
Key Characteristic:
Hall church layout
No colored glass
Huge towers and spires
Lacy stonework
No clerestory window
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German Gothic period

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Architecture during the German Gothic period

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Cologne cathedral

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What period have:
Key Characteristic:
Cloister Vaults
Decorated using marble veneer
Using fewer columns
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Italian Gothic Period

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Architecture furin the Italian Gothic period

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Milan Cathedral

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This period was considered an extension of Frankish Emperor, Charlemagne’s intense campaign.

The campaign was to ignite a burst of architecture, design and style that revived the artistic height of the Roman Empire.

The period included a wide breadth of regional styles, during the 10th century to early 13th century.

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Romanesque

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Key characteristics of Romanesque

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Round Arches
Stone Vaults
Relief Sculpture
Thick Walls

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It was popular in Roman Empire, Early Christian and Byzantine structures; and had a resurgence in Romanesque period.

It provided a fireproofing quality, due to the stone material used.

It also symbolizes the heavens.

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Vaulting system

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Types of Vault

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  1. Barrel
  2. Groin
  3. Fan
  4. Rib
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This is the simplest form of vault; an arch is extended to form a semicircular space.

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These are created by intersecting two barrel vaults. The resulting vault is stronger than a barrel vault.

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In some cases the ribs became wildly elaborate and spread out across the ceiling.

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A rib vault is a groin vault to which ribs of stone have been added to the joints, further strengthening the vault.

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The space around the doorways

The richest reliefs would appear and be seen, beckoning visitors to come and worship

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A Romanesque portal generally includes:

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Voussoirs
Archivolts
Tympanum
Lintel
Jamb
Trumeau
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Located at Conques, France, built in 1050-1130

The church is dedicated to a virgin martyr- St. Faith

It was known among the earliest pilgrimage church

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ABBEY-CHURCH OF SAINTE- FOY

HISTORY OF WORLD ARTS (3 decks)

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