Week 5; The Roman High Renaissance: Raphael and Early Sixteenth-Century Rome

The Roman High Renaissance: Raphael and Early Sixteenth-Century Rome Bramante originally trained as a painter from flat to 3d form architect from guild to intellectual Todi, Santa Maria della Consolazione, 1504-1517 Executed by Cola da Caprarola Designed by Bramante, but executed by Cola da Caprarola Small centralized dome type, like Tempiettro a combination of Bramante’s … Continue reading →

Week 4; Late 15th-Century Architecture: Tuscany under the Medici

Updates from Last Week:   Title: Sant’Andrea, Mantua, facade. (and inside) Creator: Alberti, Leon Battista. Creation Year: Designed 1470. Culture: Renaissance: Italian Style: Early Renaissance Country: Mantua, Italy Latin cross church located around the corner from Ducal Palace Alberti creates illusion of the perfect temple facade (dome on top) the arch window above the pediment allows … Continue reading →

Week 3: Early Renaissance Domestic Architecture

Leone Battista Alberti (1404-1472) Major architect during the early part of the fifteenth century Humanist Family was exiled from Florence Became friends with Brunelleschi, Donatello, Ghiberti, and Masaccio Believed that the architect can control beauty in proportions Alberti Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) worked as an architect from the 1450s onward, principally in Florence, Rimini, and … Continue reading →

The Renaissance, A summary

Italian Renaissance architects based their theories and practices on Classical Roman examples. The Renaissance revival of Classical Rome was as important in architecture as it was in literature. A pilgrimage to Rome to study the ancient buildings and ruins, especially the Colosseum and Pantheon, was considered essential to an architect’s training. Classical orders and architectural elements such as … Continue reading →