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History of Architecture and Urbanism II
Class taught by Tanja Conley at MassArt
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
09/04/2015

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Duomo
Filippo Brunelleschi
Florence
1420s and 1430s
This dome synthesizes some of the most important gothic principles and the pantheon - series of ribs distributes the forces to the ground
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Palazzo Rucellai
Alberti
1455-1470
3 part scheme: ground floor is doric, 1st is ionic, and 2nd floor is corinthian (like column)
Application of Vitruvius's theories
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San Andrea
Alberti
Mantua
1472
Reference to ancient concepts and traditions. Facade looks like Triumphal Arch. Like Roman Public Bath on inside
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Tempietto (the little temple)
Bramante
Rome
1502 (Mature Renaissance)
Martillio for St. Peter
Central plan - christrianity
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St. Peter's
Bramante
Vatican City
1505
Exploding Central Plan - 4 big supports that hold up the dome, not Byzantine
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Laurentian Library Stairs
Michelangelo
Florence
1525
Marked the beginning of an era in architecture where not everything is structural
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Campidoglio
Michelangelo
Rome
1569
optical illusions change peoples' perception of the space
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Rotonda
Palladio
Italy
1566
About context and site, 'my home is my temple'
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Barbaro
Palladio
Italy
1555
Birth of the idea of anti-urban villa
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St. Peter's
Bernini
Vatican City
1624
Contains a huge sculpture - canopy above the grave of St. Peter
The Piazza - gathering place for all catholics where they are embraced by the arms of the mother church
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St. Andrea
Bernini
Rome
1670
The baroque Pantheon - oval instead of circular
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San Carlo
Borromini
Rome
1666
Location of 4 fountains - demonstrated the illusion and theatricality of baroque
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Versailles Gardens
Andre le NĂ´tre (landscape architect)
France
1680
Formally landscaped, complete piece of art, demonstration of the power of Louis XIV's rule (can conquer all the land)
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Christopher Wren
London
1680
For the 1st time in architecture, to make the cupola even taller he made a second fake cupola over it - competition for the tallest tower
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Queen's House
Inigo Jones
England
1620
Inspired by Andrea Palladio - inspiriting from late renaissance Italy
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Centaph for Newton
Boullee ("Revolutionary Architect")
France
1784
Concept for Newton's tomb, Newton determined the earth is round -> make this spherical, Looks like stars on the ceiling during the day bc of holes
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Saline Factory
Ledoux ("Revolutionary Architect")
France
1770s
Lots about overseeing - house of director is central
L'architecture parlante - "speaking or expressive architecture" - i.e. looks like salt is flowing out of a tube, but just architectural detail
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Altes Museum
K.F. Schinkel
Germany
1822-30
Base for all future museums
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Ste-Genevieve Library
H. Labrouste
France
1850
"structural symbolism" reached its point here
"poetry of construction" - uses light iron construction decoratively
speaking architecture - " Billboard" - catalogue of books on facade
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Houses of Parliament
A.W.N. Pugin
England
1836-60
to reconstruct ideal society we have to go back to ideal forms
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John Soane's House
John Soane
London
1820
Created his own private museum organizing artifacts he collected - now a museum
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Brighton Pavilion
John Nash
England
1787-1823
Showed off colonialism (Styles from everywhere)
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Regent Street
John Nash
1812
England
Made cohesive Facades - flat and simple
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