PPT 16 - Exam 4 Flashcards
Milan
Major renaissance center
Leonardo da Vinci
Born in Tuscan village, Vinci
Central figure of the renaissance
-considered the most diversely talented person to ever have lived
Vitruvian man
Donato Bramante (1444-1514)
Italian architect
Introduces the easy renaissance style to Milan and the high renaissance style to Rome
Most famous design - St. Peter’s Basilica
S. Maria presso S. Satiro, Milan
1482-1492 renovation
Barrel vaulted nave
S. Maria delle Grazie, Milan
1482-1497
1 centralized crossing, capped by a dome
2 transept apses, and a choir with an apse
The tempietto of San pietro, Rome
1502
A small commemorative matyrium in the courtyard of San pietro in Montorio
High renaissance architecture
St. Peter’s
Vatican City
1505
Old one in Vatican City was old and in poor condition
Bramantes design was chosen for the new basilica
The Belvedere court
Vatican City
1505
Site located north of the St. Peter’s basilica
Bramante never saw it completed
Stages of renaissance
Early renaissance
- emulate the classical architecture
- Florence
High renaissance
-emulate the classical architecture, disciplines and harmonious
Late Renaissance = mannerism
-imaginative use of classical language
The villa madama
Ca. 1516
Rome
One of the most famous and imitated villas and terraced gardens of the high renaissance
The uffizi
Florence
1560
An office building for the palazzo vecchio
The palazzo del te
Mantua
1525-1534
Considered Romano’s mannerist masterpiece
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Born near Florence to a wealthy family
Sculptor, painter, architect
Monetary of s. Lorenzo
1515
Florence
Impressive facade
The new sacristy (1520)
The laurentian library (1524-1559)
The campidoglio
1537
Rome
Palace of the senators
