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ARCH 242: BUILDING HISTORY IIRenaissance & Baroque: Rise & Evolution of the Architect
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WHAT IS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE?
- Does it refer to the visual composition of a building?
- Does it refer to specific periods in history i.e. Renaissance Style, Baroque Style, Modern Style?
- Does it move beyond categorization?
- Does it refer to architectural principles?
- Is it specific to an architect?
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AGENDA FOR TODAY . . .
LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
- The Allegorical Architect
- Alberti’s Treatises & Themes
- Holy Sepulchre, Florence
- San Sebastiano, Mantua
- Palazzo Rucellai, Florence
- Santa Maria Novella, Florence
- Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini
- Sant’ Andrea, Mantua
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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472
- Born in Genoa, Italy
- Projects in Florence, Mantua, & Rimini, Italy
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LOCATIONS IN ITALY
Map of Italy
Florence
Mantua
GenoaRimini
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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472
- Born in Genoa, Italy
- Projects in Florence, Mantua, & Rimini, Italy
- Worked as a writer, painter, sculptor, poet, philosopher, scientist, architect, etc.
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RENAISSANCE HUMANISM
A scholarly movement that began in the 14th century
- A rejection of scholarly education from the Middle Ages
- Upheld empirical observation and experience
- Humanist ideas stemmed from ancient manuscripts
- “Renaissance Man”
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci, 1485-1490
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DELLA PITTURA ON PAINTING
A modern treatise on painting
- Alberti wrote three treatises * De Statua On Sculpture * De re Aedificatoria On Building * Della Pittura On Painting - On Painting completed in 1435
- Paved the way for art in the Renaissance
- Documents Brunelleschi’s theories of perspective
The Trinity by Masaccio, circa 1427
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Albrecht Dürer’s Man Drawing a Reclining Woman, 16th century09
PERSPECTIVE
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Alberti’s system of human proportion & his perspective grid10
ARCHITECTURAL NOTATION
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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472
- Born in Genoa, Italy
- Projects in Florence, Mantua, & Rimini, Italy
- Worked as a writer, painter, sculptor, poet, philosopher, scientist, architect, etc.
- The allegorical architect
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ALBERTI IN ROME
Engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II, Palatine Hill in Rome, 1606
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DE RE AEDIFICATORIA ON BUILDING
Vitruvius
- The Ten Books on Architecture
- Architecture is an imitation of nature
- Vitruvian Virtues
1- Firmitas
2- Utilitas 3- Venustas
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DE RE AEDIFICATORIA ON BUILDING
Alberti’s treatise on Architecture
- From 1440- 1452
- Modeled after Vitruvius’ The Ten Books on Architecture
- First architectural treatise of the Renaissance
- Cataloged the features and proportions of the orders of antiquity
- Established a theory of harmonious proportions
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ALBERTI’S THEMATICS
During the Renaissance, the formation of Architecture as a discipline takes place
- Architecture evolved from here into what it is today
- Renaissance ideas are challenged today, but they are necessary in evolving the discipline
- What are Alberti’s thematics?
- How does Alberti deploy these thematics?
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IDENTICALITY
During the Renaissance, there was a push for identicality
- The middle ages were the artisan’s time
- Printing press invented by German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440
- Alberti’s scaled drawings upheld the idea of identicality
- Alberti believed that construction should be left to the builder and Architecture left to the thinking man
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HOLY SEPULCHRE
Jerusalem, original church 2nd century Florence, 1467 completed
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RUCELLAI FAMILY
Giovanni Rucellai 1403-1481
- A Florentine wool-dyer turned banker
- Interested in humanism
- A great patron of the arts, who made many contributions to the city of Florence
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HOLY SEPULCHRE
Jerusalem, original church 2nd century Florence, 1467 completed
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SAN SEBASTIANO, 1460
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SAN SEBASTIANO, 1460
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MANTUA (MANTOVA), ITALY
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THE IDEAL CITY
Perugino’s Christ Giving the Keys to Peter, 1480, Sistine Chapel Rome
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THE IDEAL CITY
Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin, 1504 Anonymous, 1504
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FLORENCE, ITALY
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PALAZZO RUCELLAI, 1455 ON
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PALAZZO MEDICI, 1444, MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMEO
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FACADE TYPOLOGIES IN FLORENCE
Palazzo Pitti, 1457 on Palazzo Strozzi, 1489-1490
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PALAZZO MEDICI & PALAZZO RUCELLAI
Palazzo Medici, 1444 Palazzo Rucellai, 1455 on
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PALAZZO RUCELLAI, 1455 ON
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PALAZZO RUCELLAI, 1455 ON
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PALAZZO RUCELLAI, 1455 ON
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SANTA MARIA NOVELLA, FACADE 1455
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SANTA MARIA NOVELLA, FACADE 1455
Old St Peters in Rome, Basilican Cross-Section
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SANTA MARIA NOVELLA, FACADE 1455
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TEMPIO MALATESTIANO (SAN FRANCESCO), 1450
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RIMINI, ITALY
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TEMPIO MALATESTIANO (SAN FRANCESCO), 1450
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TEMPIO MALATESTIANO (SAN FRANCESCO), 1450
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Basilica of Maxentius, 307-312, Rome
TEMPIO MALATESTIANO (SAN FRANCESCO), 1450
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Arch of Augustus, 27 BC, Rimini
TEMPIO MALATESTIANO (SAN FRANCESCO), 1450
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TEMPIO MALATESTIANO (SAN FRANCESCO), 1450
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SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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MANTUA (MANTOVA), ITALY
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SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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Arch of Titus, 81 AD, Rome
SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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SANT’ ANDREA, 1470 ON
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FACADES OF SANT’ ANDREA & PALAZZO RUCELLAI
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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472
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