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| Government of the House of Savory (responsible for political nucleus of modern Italy) |
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| The Reorganization of Turin |
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Began under Amadeo di Castellamonte
beautification of town made it an architectural splendor. |
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entered Theatine Order 1629
Ordained priest 1647
Modena to lecture philosophy
Sicily to teach philosophy and mathematics (begun architecture career)
wrote a treatise called Civil Architecture
returned to Modena
Paris 1665 (Theatine church of Saint-Anne-la-Royale)
Settled in Turin by invite of Duke Charles EmmanueleII 1666
Served House of Savoy |
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| Chapel of the Holy Shroud (SS. Sindone) |
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| Chapel of the Holy Shroud |
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| Holy Shroud Exterior Dome |
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Chapel of the Holy Shroud Axon
Chapel started in 1666- taken over by Guarini in 1667.
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Chapel of the Holy Shroud dome interior
introduced convex and concave elements
9 bays- linked every other pilaster w an arch (these were used to support the dome)
6 hexagons were stacked and revolved- skeletal structure was a result
illusion of softened light (gray to black) |
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| Comparing dome of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud and Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza |
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Both use curves and countercurves which resolve at the point
Both skeletalize the dome |
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| Theatine Church of San Lorenzo |
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1668-1687
Turin
Guarini
(exterior and facade were not completed according to plan)
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| Theatine Church of San Lorenzo |
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Theatine Church of San Lorenzo Plan
- Compressed Octagon/ octagon w convex sides
- uses a series of linked spaces that expand as the building is explored
- nave links w sanctuary + sanctuary w adjacent spaces
- interior is so unified that the world becomes a reality of its own
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Theatine Church of San Lorenzo
- interior is articulated w columns supporting arches
- 3D cocnvex serlianas (arch on columns w flanking entablature)
- Hollowness= 3 pierced oculi
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San Lorenzo
- uses an elaborate color scheme (adds mystery)
- no windows at lower level (sacred cage)
- sense of continuum- perimeters shift, are unclear
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San Lorenzo dome
- alludes to something beyond- sense of light network in miraculous levitation
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1519- 1547
France
Philibert Delorme
example of importation of Italian vocabulary into the syntax of french architecture |
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Chambord roof
Italian Renaissance motifs as decoration
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Plan of Chambord
based on defensive architecture |
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Chambord double helix staircase
believe its source is from Leonardo da Vinci's drawings |
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1630-1651
France
Francois Mansart |
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Chateau de Maison
On central axis which does not lead to a sculpture |
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Maison Interior
French Baroque |
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Castle of Charles V
basis of Palais du Louvre (Louvre Palace) |
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Facade of Square Court
Pierre Lescot
1546
very french= tall windows, high pitched roof, sculptural details in low relief held close to the surface. |
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Square Court of the Louvre
The composite engaged order on the first story (same as piano nobile) is surmounted by a pilaster order on the attic story. |
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Renovation of the Square Court 1660
concept= enclose court w the addition of a new east wing
Louis le Vau concept- high pitched roofs, series of pavilions stepping out from the central pavilion (additive quality)= French features |
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Competition started for reconsturction of square court
Bernini was favored
very italian- curve/countercurve, sculputral quality of the building
1665 |
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| Bernini's second design for the square court |
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Claude Perrault was commissioned to design the east facade of the Louvre
used tall windows and double columns |
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East facade of the Louvre
French modern taste= elimination of tall pitched roofs and visible chimneys
austere |
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| east facade of the Louvre |
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Bernini carved a bust portrait of Lous XIV
They thought it was an artistic overstatement |
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Bernini
equestrian portrait of Louis XIV
Like conversion of Constantine at Scala Regia |
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| Church of the Val-de-Grace |
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| association of Italian architecture of Bernini w the papacy that the French government rejected |
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Church of the Val-de-Grace
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1634-1667
Paris
like Gesu:
Unlike:
sculpture is in low relief
no encased pediments
no triangular segmental alternation |
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Dome of Val-de-Grace
like St. Peter's
unlike st. peters:
no ribs
single engaged colums vs. double
statues over columns
tall drum |
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| Eglise du Dome des Invalides |
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1679-1708
Paris
Jules Hardouin
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Eglise du Dome des Invalides
constructed as a private royal chapel for a hospital for military veterns tat already had a chapel for the invalids.
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Triumphs of French Baroque architecture.
Inspired by St. Peter's
Raises drum with an attic story over its main cornice
Paired column motif in a more complicated rhythmic theme.
Ribbed and hemispherical dome.
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Eglise du Dome des Invalides
Like sculpture at st. Peter's |
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