Renaissance Architecture Flashcards
Rebirth of classical art and learning in Europe
Renaissance (1420-1550)
Based on pagan or classical mythological subjects
Ornamentation
Scratched and colored plaster
Sgraffito
Phases of Renaissance
Early, High and Late Renaissance
Adoption of Classical detail and ornamentation
Early Renaissance
Riccardi Palace
Brunelleschi
Brunelleschi’s principal work
Dome of Florence Cathedral (Duomo)
Santa Maria Novella
Wrote the book “De Re Aesificatoria”
Leon Battista Alberti
One of the first churches in which consoles were placed in the facade over the side aisles to connect them with the nave
Santa Maria Novella
Type of modern Renaissance Churches, consisting of a single nave with transepts, the interior ornamented with a single order on pedestals supporting a barrel vault
Sant’ Andrea, Mantua
The pinnacle of classical simplicity and harmony in Renaissance art and architecture
High Renaissance
Tempietto of San Pietro
Donato Bramante
- Considered one of the High Renaissance buildings in Rome
- Said to be where St. Peter was crucified
Tempietto of San Pietro
Featured a general relaxation of the severe simplicity and order of the high Renaissance
Late Renaissance
Villa Rotonda
Andrea Palladio
Emphasize the systematization of the ground plan and its relationship to the section and elevation of a building
The Four Books of Architecture
The Four Books of Architecture
Andrea Palladio
Transforming a house into a classical temple
Villa Rotonda
Gesu Church
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
Author of “The Five Orders of Architecture”
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
The Jesuit mother chruch in Rome
Gesu Church
Farnese Palace
Michelangelo Buonarotti
A famous Florentine sculptor , and painter of the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican
Michelangelo Buonarotti
*Officially the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
*importance of the dome by lifting it placing it in a “drum”
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Formulated a design in the form of a Greek cross with entrances at East end
1506, Bramante
Division of opinion existed as to altering original plan to a Latin cross
1513, Giuliano da Sangallo, Raphael, and Fra Giocondo
The younger proposed the central domain lofty campanile
1536, Antonio da Sangallo
Restore the design to a greek cross and plan and commenced the construction of the great dome
1546, Michelangelo
Added the cupolas on either side of the great dome
1564, Vignola
Lengthen the nave to form a latin cross and erected the present facade
1605-1612, Carlo Maderna
Erected the fourfold colonnades inclosing the piazza and erected the baldacchino under the dome
1629-1667, Bernini
A reaction against the classical perfection of the High Renaissance
Mannerism
