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Definition

Pantheon

Rome 

100AD

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Pantheon

Rome 

100AD

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Pantheon

Rome 

100AD

 

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Pantheon

Rome 

100AD

 

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Definition

Basilica San Marco

Venice

1100

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Basilica San Marco

Venice

1100

 

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Definition

Old St. Peter's

Vatican City

1600

Bramante

 

*Wanted circular plan (mark burial)

*Cross within square

*Many secondary spaces and domes

*Dome resting on weak pendentives (byzantine, san marco)

*Emphasis on symmetry/order


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Definition

Old St. Peter's

Vatican City

1600

Bramante

 

*Wanted circular plan (mark burial)

*Cross within square

*Many secondary spaces and domes

*Dome resting on weak pendentives (byzantine, san marco)

*Emphasis on symmetry/order

 

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Definition

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1200

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St. Peters

Vatican City

1600

Bramante

 

*Then Michelangelo and Maderno

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Definition

St. Peters

Vatican City

1600

Bramante

 

*Then Michelangelo and Maderno

 

Michelangelo:

-Similar to Bramante

-Eliminated secondary spaces and simplified the space

-More structurally sound piers

-Retained greek cross plan

-Curved exterior with flat pilasters

-Tension chains to support domes

 

Term
Definition

Tempietto

Rome

1500

Bramante

 

*Place of Peter's Martyrdom 

*Centrally planned building

*Doric Order

*Borrowed materials (columns)

*Combined ancient paean icons with christian meaning - symbols point to Peter as high Pope

 

Term
Definition

Villa Rotonda

Vicenza

1600

Palladio

 

*Inspired by Pantheon

*Square plan with circle in center

*axial with double symmetry

*4 identical facades

*Monumental architectur enow applied to domestic

*Very aware of site and how building will be seen

Term
Definition

Villa Rotonda

Vicenza

1600

Palladio

 

*Inspired by Pantheon

*Square plan with circle in center

*axial with double symmetry

*4 identical facades

*Monumental architectur enow applied to domestic

*Very aware of site and how building will be seen

 

Term
Definition

Villa Rotonda

Vicenza

1600

Palladio

 

*Inspired by Pantheon

*Square plan with circle in center

*axial with double symmetry

*4 identical facades

*Monumental architectur enow applied to domestic

*Very aware of site and how building will be seen

Term
Definition

Villa Rotonda

Vicenza

1600

Palladio

 

*Inspired by Pantheon

*Square plan with circle in center

*axial with double symmetry

*4 identical facades

*Monumental architectur enow applied to domestic

*Very aware of site and how building will be seen

 

Term
Definition

Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1440

Brunelleschi

 

*Was largest dome in the world at the time, Still the largest brick dome

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Definition

Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1440

Brunelleschi

 

*Was largest dome in the world at the time, Still the largest brick dome

 

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Definition

Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1440

Brunelleschi

 

*Was largest dome in the world at the time, Still the largest brick dome

 

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Definition

Hopsital of the Innocents

Florence, Italy

1400

Brunelleschi

 

*Founded by Guild

*Orphanage for abandoned children

*Loger - building open on one or more sides

*Series of domed arches (Byzantine)

*Use of corinthian order

*Two tone scheme drawn from florentine beptestry

*Terra cotta medallions w/ swelled up infants

*Tells what function of building is

 

 

Term
Definition

 

Hopsital of the Innocents

Florence, Italy

1400

Brunelleschi

 

*Founded by Guild

*Orphanage for abandoned children

*Loger - building open on one or more sides

*Series of domed arches (Byzantine)

*Use of corinthian order

*Two tone scheme drawn from florentine beptestry

*Terra cotta medallions w/ swelled up infants

*Tells what function of building is

 

 

Term
Definition

 

Hopsital of the Innocents

Florence, Italy

1400

Brunelleschi

 

*Founded by Guild

*Orphanage for abandoned children

*Loger - building open on one or more sides

*Series of domed arches (Byzantine)

*Use of corinthian order

*Two tone scheme drawn from florentine beptestry

*Terra cotta medallions w/ swelled up infants

*Tells what function of building is

 

 

Term
Definition

Sant' Andrea

Rome

1450

Alberti

For: Prince of Mantua

 

*Barrel Vault over nave

*Dome over holy relic/alter

*Basillica in plan

*side chapels tht open up from nave

*Classical/early christian influence

*Housed blood of christ

Topped by pediment, sign of authority and power

*Refers to Christ's Triumph over death

  • Jesuits
  • Cross between axial and central plan
  • Porch curves out from facade
  • Frames with Corinthian
  • Ionic to support semi-circle porch
  • Dome with sculpture in it above alter
  • Theatrically- ascending to heaven

 

Term
Definition

 

Sant' Andrea

Rome

1450

Alberti

For: Prince of Mantua

 

*Barrel Vault over nave

*Dome over holy relic/alter

*Basillica in plan

*side chapels tht open up from nave

*Classical/early christian influence

*Housed blood of christ

Topped by pediment, sign of authority and power

*Refers to Christ's Triumph over death

  • Jesuits
  • Cross between axial and central plan
  • Porch curves out from facade
  • Frames with Corinthian
  • Ionic to support semi-circle porch
  • Dome with sculpture in it above alter
  • Theatrically- ascending to heaven

Term
Definition

 

Sant' Andrea

Rome

1450

Alberti

For: Prince of Mantua

 

*Barrel Vault over nave

*Dome over holy relic/alter

*Basillica in plan

*side chapels tht open up from nave

*Classical/early christian influence

*Housed blood of christ

Topped by pediment, sign of authority and power

*Refers to Christ's Triumph over death

  • Jesuits
  • Cross between axial and central plan
  • Porch curves out from facade
  • Frames with Corinthian
  • Ionic to support semi-circle porch
  • Dome with sculpture in it above alter
  • Theatrically- ascending to heaven

Term
Definition

Tempietto

Rome

1500

Bramante

 

*Place of Peter's Martyrdom 

*Centrally planned building

*Doric Order

*Borrowed materials (columns)

*Combined ancient paean icons with christian meaning - symbols point to Peter as high Pope