Rediscovery of the Antique; Beauty and Progress Read Terms and Concepts on Classicism, Classical Beauty, Linear Perspective
Vitruvius, De Architetura (late C1 BC) and Roman architecture; Brunelleschi in Rome,
c.1402 and later
Aquinas, Summa Theologica, c.1245; Alberti, De Re Aedificatoria, 1443-52; Ghiberti,
Comentarii, c.1447-55; Brunelleschi and perspective
PART I: CHURCHES
The Central Plan
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Early Renaissance: Brunelleschi, Old Sacristy, S Lorenzo, Florence, 1421-28; Pazzi Chapel, Sta Croce, Florence, c.1433-36; Sta Maria degli Angeli, Florence, 1434; Alberti, S Sebastiano, Mantua, 1460 High Renaissance: Leonardo, Studies, c.1490; Bramante, Tempietto, S Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502-11, St Peter's, Rome, 1506-14
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Mannerism: Michelangelo, New Sacristy, S Lorenzo, Florence, 1519 ff; St Peter's, Rome, 1547-64; (Serlio, Architettura, vol 1, 1542, vol 5, 1551); Vignola, S Andrea in via Flaminia, Rome, 1544, S Anna dei Palafrenieri, Rome, 1572/3 ff
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Baroque: Longhena, Sta Maria della Salute, Venice, 1631-87; Pietro da Cortona, SS Martina e Luca, Rome, 1635-50; Borromini, S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1638, S Ivo della Sapienza, Rome, 1642-50
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Bernini, S Andrea al Quirinale, Rome, 1658-70; Guarini, S Lorenzo, Turin, 1666-87, Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Turin, 1667-94 Rococo: Juvarra, Monastic Church at Superga, nr Turin, 1717-31; Sardi, Sta Maria del Rosario, Marino, 1720
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Quiz and Discussion Day
The Long Plan and its Façade
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Early Renaissance: Brunelleschi, Sto Spirito, Florence, 1434-36; Alberti, Tempio Malatestiana (S Francesco), Rimini, 1450, Sta Maria Novella, façade, Florence, 1456-70, S Andrea Mantua, 1470 Mannerism: Palladio, S Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 1566 ff; Vignola, Il Gesù church and projected façade, Rome, 1568 ff; Giacomo della Porta, Il Gesù façade, Rome, 1573 ff Baroque: Maderno, Sta Susanna, façade, Rome, 1597-1603
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Mannerism: Michelangelo, Project for façade of S Lorenzo, Florence, 1517; Raphael, St Peter's (long plan), Rome, 1514 ff Baroque: Maderno, St Peter's, nave and façade, Rome, 1636-12; Pietro da Cortona, Sta Maria della Pace, façade, Rome, 1656-57, Guarini, Project for unidentified or ideal church, Architettura civile, c.1670
Rococo: Massari, Chiesa dei Gesuate, Venice, 1726-43; Galilei, S Giovanni Laterano, façade, Rome, 1732-36; Fuga, Sta Maria Maggiore, façade, Rome, 1741-43; Gregorini and Passalacqua, Sta Croce in Gerusalemme, façade, Rome, 1741-44
Oratories
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Baroque: Borromini, S Philippo Neri, Rome, 1637-43 Rococo: Passalacqua, SS Annunziata, Rome, 1744-6
Linear Perspective
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Early Renaissance: Bramante, Sta Maria Presso S Satiro, false choir, Milan, 1470s ff High Renaissance: Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican, Rome, 1508-10
Mannerism: Michelangelo Last Judgement, Sistine Chapel altar wall, Vatican, Rome,
1536-41; Correggio, Dome, S Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, 1520-24, Dome, Parma Cathedral,
1526-30 Baroque: Lanfranco, Dome, S Andrea della Valle, Rome, 1625-27; Bernini, Cornaro Chapel, Sta Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 1645-52; Baciccio, Vault, Il Gesù, Rome, 1676-79; Pozzo, Vault, S Ignazio, Rome, 1691-94 Rococo: Tiepolo, Translation of the Holy House, church of the Scalzi, Venice, 1744, Institution of the Rosary, church of the Gesuate, Venice
PART II: TOWN PLANNING
The Town and its Piazzas
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Renaissance: (Alberti, De Re Aedificatoria, 1443-52); (Filarete, Sforzinda, treatise, Milan, 1465); Sansovino, Piazza and Piazzetta, Venice, 1529; (Laurana, Ideal City, Urbino, c.1450-75); (Perugino, Giving the keys to St Peter, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, 1481) Mannerism: Michelangelo, Campidoglio, Rome, 1538-64 Baroque: Bernini, St Peter's Piazza, Rome, 1656; Fontana, Project for St Peter's Piazza, Rome, 1694 Rococo: Raguzzini, Piazza di S Ignazio, 1727
Palaces
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Renaissance: Michelozzo, Palazzo Medici, Florence, 1444; Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, c.1455-60; Bramante, House of Raphael (Palazzo Caprini), Rome, c.1512; (Venice) Palazzo Corner-Spinelli, Venice, c.1480 Mannerism: Romano, Palazzo Maccarani, Rome, c.1520, Giulio's own house, Mantua, c.1540; Sanmichele, Palazzo Bevilacqua, Verona, c.1530; Peruzzi, Palazzo Massimo delle Colonne, Rome, 1532 ff; Antonio da Sangallo & Michelangelo, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 1541 ff;
Renaissance (landscape and gardens): Mantegna, Camera Picta, Ducal Palace, Urbino, 1465-74 Baroque (apotheosis): Pietro da Cortona, Triumph of the Barberini, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1633-39; Maratta, Triumph of Clemency, Palazzo Altieri, Rome, 1670s; Giordano, Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty, Palazzo Medici-Ricardi, Florence, 1682-83
Civic Buildings
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Renaissance: Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, La Zecca (Papal Mint), Rome, c.1525 Mannerism: Sansovino, La Zecca (Ducal Mint), Venice, 1537 ff, Library, Venice, 1537 ff; Palladio, The Basilica, Vicenza, 1549 Rococo: de Sanctis, Spanish Stairs, Rome, 1723-5; Salvi, Trevi Fountain, Rome, 1732-62
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Quiz and Discussion Day
PART III: THE HUMANIST VILLA
Background
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Ovid, Fasti, 2-8 AD; Vergil, Eclogues, 42-37 BC; Pliny, Naturalis Historia, book 35,
79AD; Pompeiian wall paintings, 79 AD (excavations began 1748); Poussin, Landscape with
the Burial of Phocion, 1648; Marsilio Ficino and the Platonic "Academy", Florence, c.1462-99
The Farmhouse
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Renaissance: Guiliano da Sangallo, Villa Poggio a Caiano, 1480s Mannerism: Sansovino, Villa Garzone, Pontecasale, c.1540; Palladio, Villa Maser, c.1560 Rococo: (Preti, Villa Pisani, Stra, 1725-56)
The Farmhouse's Virtual Environment (the walls)
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Mannerism: Veronese, Villa Maser, 1560s Baroque: Domenichino, Villa Androbrandini, Frascati, 1616-18 Rococo: Tiepolo, Villa Valmarana, Vicenza, 1757
The Grandiose
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High Renaissance: Bramante, Cortile Belvedere, Vatican, Rome, 1505 Mannerism: Raphael, Villa Madama, Rome, c.1516 ; Romano, Palazzo del Te, Mantua, 1525; Vignola, Villa Giulia, Rome, 1551; Ligorio, Villa d'Este, Rome, c.1565-72 Rococo: Juvarra, Royal Hunting Palace, Stupingi, 1729-33
The Suburbana
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Mannerism: Peruzzi, Villa Farnesina, Rome, 1509-11; Palladio, Villa Rotonda, Vicenza,
c.1550; Ligorio, Casino di Pio IV, Vatican Gardens, Rome, 1559 Baroque: Pietro da Cortona, Villa Pigneto, Rome, 1629 Rococo: Marchionni, Villa Albani, Rome, 1748-62
The Suburbana's Virtual Environment (the ceiling)
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Renaissance: Peruzzi, Sala delle Prospettive, Villa Farnesina, 1509-11 Mannerism: Raphael, Sala di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, 1518-19 Baroque: Reni, Casino Rospigliosi, Rome, 1613-14; Guercino, Casino Ludovisi, Rome, 1621; Lanfranco, Villa Borghese, 1624-25