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Renaissance Architecture
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Raphael, School of Athens, 1510-1511, Fresco, stanza della stagnatora, Vatican City, Rome.
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Francesco Pesellino and workshop, The Seven Liberal Arts, mid 15th c.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Vitrvian Man, 1492
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Portrait of Poggio Bracciolini, in an illuminated initial from a manuscript, De
Varietate Fortunae in the Vatican Library, Rome
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Entablature from Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, began 141 CE Rome.
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Entablature from Temple of Vespasian, 79 CE Rome
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Early christian church of santa sabina on the avertine, begun 422.
Columns are reused from Temple of Juno.
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Palazza della cancelleria, 1489-1513, Rome.
Travertine largely hewn from Theatre of Pompey, built 55 BCE
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Baptistery of st John, c. 1128, Florence.
Believed in 15th c to have derived from ancient temple of Mars.
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Ospedale degli Innocenti, 1428-1445, Florence, Italy.
Resembles the arches of the 12th c Baptistery of St John, Florence.
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Matteo de Pasti, Medal of Leon Battista Alberti, 1450-5, cast bronze
May have been based on a self-portrait of Alberti
Has his logo of a winged eye on the reverse, with the words "What next?"
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Fillipo Brunelleschi, Old Sacristy, Florence, 1420-9
Square room divided into 3 equal zones
dimensions of square is module for room's proportional scheme.
semicircular areas above arches
pendentives in between semicircles
ribbed dome
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Brackets used in place of pilasters in old sacristy.
Vitruvius said that an entablature of stone needed columns at intervals no more frequent than 4 shaft widths
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Filippo Brunelleschi, Church of San Spirito, (interior and plan), 1436-1482, Florence
Basilican Church with a centrally planned eastern end
The square at the internal crossing provides the module for the whole plan
the height of the arcade and clerestory are 1:1
side aisles continue around the entire eastern end
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Temple of Portanus Rome, 120-80 BCE
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Cathedral at Pisa, begun 1064 CE
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Alberti, Santa Maria Novella, begun 1428, Florence
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Palazzo Davanzati, mid 1300s, Florence
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Palazzo Rucellai, Leon Battista Alberti, begun 1447, Florence
Main family lived on first floor. The ground floor was used for storage or business and the top floor for servants/ less important family members.
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Bramante, Tempietto, begun 1502, Church of san Pietro in Montorio, Rome
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