PPT 15 - Exam 4

Question 1

Renaissance (ca 14th - 17th)

Answer 1

“Rebirth” in French

Cultural movement that began in Florence, Italy in the late Middle Ages (14th century) and spread throughout the rest of Europe

A period of empowerment and excitement, reason and light

Question 2

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Answer 2

Scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer

Question 3

Michelangelo buonarroti (1475-1564)

Answer 3

Painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer

Question 4

Renaissance architecture (ca 15th-16th)

Answer 4

Was influenced by the classical style, in particular Roman

It is simple and sober, emphasizing symmetry, proportion, geometry

Question 5

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446)

Answer 5

One of the first architects and engineers of the Renaissance
Born and raised in Florence
Trained as a goldsmith

1400- won a comp for designing bronze doors

Monumental impact on arts, architecture, and civic design

Question 6

Florence cathedral and brunelleschi’s dome

Answer 6

Started in 1292 and intended to have a done greater than the Romanesque cathedral of Pisa

Rib system composed of 24 ribs

Question 7

Ospedale degli innocenti (founding hospital)

Answer 7

Florence
1421-1444

Considered the first building of the renaissance that continued the Romanesque style which was ultimately based on Roman traditions

Question 8

Church of S. Lorenzo

Answer 8

1421

Worked with Michelangelo on the project

Question 9

Church of s. Spirito

Answer 9

1445

Perfected his modular planning
Replaced pilaster with half columns attached to the walls

Question 10

Michellozzo Bartolomeo (1396-1472)

Answer 10

Italian architect and sculptor, student of brunelleschi

Question 11

Palazzo di Medici

Answer 11

Italy (1459)

A palazzo type urban house; with a square, asymmetrical plan

Question 12

Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)

Answer 12

Italian scientist, musician, writer, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher

Question 13

The palazzo rucellai

Answer 13

Florence 1446-1451
First floor base: diamond shaped finishing imitating opus reticulatum
On the 3 levels he superimposed orders as done before at the colosseum (Doric order at the base and Corinthian at the top level)

Question 14

S. Francesco, Rimini - tempio malatestiano

Answer 14

Reconstruction of a 13th century church

Meant to serve as a tomb for the patron

Question 15

Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)

Answer 15

Another adaption of a classical facade on a church with a basilicas cross section plan

First complete facade in the renaissance

Question 16

Church s. Andrea

Answer 16

Mantua
1472-1494

Alberti believed that the proportion of design is what added grace and beauty to building, not necessarily the materials

Question 17

The ideal city

Answer 17

Geometrically centered city plan
Centrally planned church
Broad central piazza in the middle of town