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HTC:modern lec 1
Byzantine/Renaissance Beginnings
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
04/21/2009

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Term
Describe the structural differences between a Roman and a Byzantine dome.
Definition
Roman dome is flat with a concrete drum.
Byzantine has buttresses and an exposed shape.
Term
What was the Roman solution to the thrust of a dome's haunches?
Definition
ballast steps
Term
Explain why Rome was abandoned by the papacy for the first 50 years of the Renaissance as it evolved in Florence.
Definition
Florence became the early center of the Italian Renaissance. This was partially due to the fact that the French had
kidnapped the Papacy in 1305 (the Avignon papacy), leaving Rome abandoned.
Term
Who were the Ghibelines and the Guelfs?
Definition

Ghibelines- pro Holy Roman Emperor (German/gothic)

Guelfs- pro pope (Italian/Roman)

Term
Who is credited with being the "Father of the Renaissance"?
Definition
Petrarch - seeks Greek texts but cannot read them
Term
Explain how the final appearance of the Florence Cathedral is a manifestation of the battle between the Ghibellines
and the Guelfs in Florence:
Definition
Cathedral started under Ghibeline control and uses pointed arches. Later work done under Guelf control uses Roman round arch.
Term
Explain how Florence benefitted from the “Babylonian captivity”
Definition
The French had kidnapped the Papacy, and left Rome abandoned. The commercial and political vacuum that was formed in central Italy was quickly filled by Florence.
Term
Who was Coluccio Salutatti?
Definition
Coluccio Salutati becomes Chancelor of Florence. He is also a humanist. He brings Manuel Chrysolaras to Florence to teach Greek"
Term
The only Classical treatise on architecture recovered during the Renaissance was written by:
Definition
Vitruvius
Term
List three advantages gained in the Florence Cathedral by giving the dome a quinto acuto profile:
Definition
1. less scaffolding
2. less thrust
3. taller vertical form
Term

Compare the scale of the Florence dome to the Pantheon and Beauvais Cathedral

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