RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN early 15 th – early 17 th century - RENAISSANCE means rebirth - demonstrating certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman culture - first developed in Florence, Italy with Filippo Brunelleschi - emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry - orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels - use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aedicule
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN early 15 th – early 17 th century - RENAISSANCE means rebirth - demonstrating certain elements of ancient Greek and.
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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
early 15th – early 17th century
- RENAISSANCE means rebirth- demonstrating certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman culture- first developed in Florence, Italy with Filippo Brunelleschi- emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry- orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels - use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aedicule
Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence by Filippo Brunelleschi
Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence by Filippo Brunelleschi | interior looking towards the high altar
San Pietro in Montario church, Rome, Italy | In its courtyard The Tempietto | by Donato Bramante
San Pietro in Montario church, Rome, Italy | Saint Francis in Ecstasy, Francesco Baratta| by Donato Bramante
The Tempietto in Andrea Palladio’s Quattro Libri (woodcut, 1570)
The Giant Order invented by Michelangelo | Giant order = a large pilaster that stretches from the bottom to the top of a facade
Example of Giant Order, The Louvre (eastern facade)
Sant’Agostino, Rome, Giacomo di Pietrasanta, 1483
- Mirroring- Balance- Harmony- Sculptural decoration
Facade of Santa Maria Novella, 1456 -70
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