Renaissance Flashcards
Means rebirth of classical art, symmetry, proportion, geometry
Renaissance
Common features of Renaissance architecture
Twisted columns (Solomonical)
Pediment - broken, open, swan necked
Huge wavy scrolls
Statues in acute contortions
Fresco Paintings
Big rooms inside palazzo
Salone
Aside from circle and square plans, which church cross variant also symbolizes perfection, as it is used for structures associated with miracles, martyrdom and plague deliverance.
Greek cross plan
The Florence Dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi is found in a cathedral in Florence, Italy. It is attributed to spark commencement of Italian Renaissance architectural style. What is the long name of the Florence Cathedral?
Santa Maria del Fiore
What do you call a closet in French Renaissance chateaus?
Garderobe
What finish of masonry is employed to the walls to signify Renaissance architectural character, especially applied to basement and ground floor walls?
Ashlar masonry
Suburban dwellings or lodges
Villa
This is the grandest Spanish Renaissance cathedral where the tombs of Ferdinand and Isabel can be found as its crypt.
Granada cathedral
How many bronze doors are there at the main portal of Florence Cathedral?
Three
Large urban dwellings
Palazzo
Common shape of arches used in Renaissance architecture
Semi circular
Which French Renaissance palace was built by Architect Philbert de L’more for the French ruler until destructed in 1871?
Palais des Tuileries
This French Renaissance palace intended for the kings became a museum later on with a glass pyramid at its courtyard designed by Ioeh Ming Pei.
Palais du Louvre
Who designed the Tempietto?
Donato Bramante
Who was commissioned by James I to introduce Palladian Architecture to England?
Inigo Jones
A technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid (“wet”) lime plaster
Fresco
Who designed the Villa Rotonda?
Andrea Palladio
Who designed the Palazzo Farnese
Antonio da Sangallo the younger
This small temple marks the traditional spot of St. Peter’s Martyrdom
Tempietto
The composite church plan is commonly used during the Renaissance for processional functions, monasteries and cathedrals. Which church cross variant is specified for these functions?
Latin cross plan
Common features of Renaissance Architecture
Twisted columns (Solomonical)
Pediment - broken, open, swan
necked
● Huge wavy scrolls
● Statues in acute contortions
● Fresco Paintings
Used frequently both as a large structure and as means of roofing smaller spaces
Domes
Domes are usually on a
Drum
External walls are highly finished
Ashlar masonry
Internal walls are smoothly
Plastered and surfaced with white chalk paint
Planning of churches was influenced by
Symbolism
Liturgical change
Reforming movements
New religious orders
Centralized plans like circle, square and greek-cross plan symbolize perfection. It was used for structures associated with
Miracles, martyrdom and plague deliverance
Large urban dwellings
Palazzo
Salone: Big; Camera: _____
Small
agricultural center, hunting lodge or suburban retreat
Villa