Renaissance Flashcards by Pamela Mariz

Means rebirth of classical art, symmetry, proportion, geometry

Renaissance

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Common features of Renaissance architecture

Twisted columns (Solomonical)
Pediment - broken, open, swan necked
Huge wavy scrolls
Statues in acute contortions
Fresco Paintings

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Big rooms inside palazzo

Salone

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Aside from circle and square plans, which church cross variant also symbolizes perfection, as it is used for structures associated with miracles, martyrdom and plague deliverance.

Greek cross plan

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The Florence Dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi is found in a cathedral in Florence, Italy. It is attributed to spark commencement of Italian Renaissance architectural style. What is the long name of the Florence Cathedral?

Santa Maria del Fiore

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What do you call a closet in French Renaissance chateaus?

Garderobe

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What finish of masonry is employed to the walls to signify Renaissance architectural character, especially applied to basement and ground floor walls?

Ashlar masonry

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Suburban dwellings or lodges

Villa

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This is the grandest Spanish Renaissance cathedral where the tombs of Ferdinand and Isabel can be found as its crypt.

Granada cathedral

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How many bronze doors are there at the main portal of Florence Cathedral?

Three

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Large urban dwellings

Palazzo

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Common shape of arches used in Renaissance architecture

Semi circular

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Which French Renaissance palace was built by Architect Philbert de L’more for the French ruler until destructed in 1871?

Palais des Tuileries

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This French Renaissance palace intended for the kings became a museum later on with a glass pyramid at its courtyard designed by Ioeh Ming Pei.

Palais du Louvre

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Who designed the Tempietto?

Donato Bramante

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Who was commissioned by James I to introduce Palladian Architecture to England?

Inigo Jones

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A technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid (“wet”) lime plaster

Fresco

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Who designed the Villa Rotonda?

Andrea Palladio

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Who designed the Palazzo Farnese

Antonio da Sangallo the younger

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This small temple marks the traditional spot of St. Peter’s Martyrdom

Tempietto

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The composite church plan is commonly used during the Renaissance for processional functions, monasteries and cathedrals. Which church cross variant is specified for these functions?

Latin cross plan

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Common features of Renaissance Architecture

Twisted columns (Solomonical)
Pediment - broken, open, swan
necked
● Huge wavy scrolls
● Statues in acute contortions
● Fresco Paintings

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Used frequently both as a large structure and as means of roofing smaller spaces

Domes

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Domes are usually on a

Drum

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External walls are highly finished

Ashlar masonry

Internal walls are smoothly

Plastered and surfaced with white chalk paint

Planning of churches was influenced by

Symbolism Liturgical change Reforming movements New religious orders

Centralized plans like circle, square and greek-cross plan symbolize perfection. It was used for structures associated with

Miracles, martyrdom and plague deliverance

Large urban dwellings

Palazzo

Salone: Big; Camera: _____

Small

agricultural center, hunting lodge or suburban retreat

Villa

Style of Italian Renaissance art and architecture developed during the 15 century characterized by the development of linear perspective, chiaroscuro, and in building, by the free and inventive use of classical details

Early Renaissance

Florence Cathedral

Who completed the lantern in the Florence Cathedral

Michelozzo Michelozzi

Notable for the precision of its proportions

San Lorenzo Ruiz by Filippo Brunelleschi

New sacristy, housing Medici tombs is by

Michaelangelo Buonarotti

Designed by Lorenzo Battista Alberti. Façade is based from the scheme of Arch of Titus; The nave of the interior is roofed by barrel vault

San Andrea Mantua

Decoration of green and white marble with proportions based on exact mathematical calculations

S. Maria Novels by Lorenzo Battista Alberti

Rusticated masonry façade with pilasters imitating classical orders and graceful double windows on upper stories

Palazzo Rucella by Lorenzo Battista Alberti

First Florentine Renaissance palace

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Style of Italian Renaissance art and architecture developed in late 15th and early 16th century

High Renaissance

Perfect Architectural Gem; Built inside San Pietro in Montorio and to mark the traditional spot of St. Peter's martyrdom

Tempietto by Donato Bramante

Pope Julius declared a competition for St. Peter's Basilica and was won by ___ with a plan of a _____

Donato Bramante; Greek cross plan

Brough the dome to completion in 1590 (St. Peters Basilica)

Gicaomo Della Porta and Domenico Fontana

The grandest palace of its period; The 56.00 meters façade is three storeys tall and thirteen bays wide

Palazzo Farnese

Transitional style in architecture and the arts in the late 16* century particularly in Italy, characterized in architecture by unconventional use of classical elements

Mannerism

Curved façade; Entrance is characterized by a central portico with six Doric columns, paired and single

Palazzo Massimo allle Colone

It was a villa suburban, close to the city and commingling aspects of both palace and villa architecture and function

Palazzo Te

The library is a long room with reading desks, well lit by rows of windows between pilasters which correspond to the beams of the ceiling

Laurentian Library

Also known as Villa Rotonda; Situated on the top of a hill just outside the town of Vicenza and is completely symmetrical plan with a central circular hall

Villa Capra

rich private residences; a characteristic building type exercising influences on domestic planning throughout Europe; for civil servants relied on by the King.

Chateaus

formal receiving with host reclining on the bed

Chamber

where special friends would be received and objects of value are being displayed

Cabinet

located at separate service court

Stables and servants' quarters

___ are used for monumental or grand urban buildings

Stones

____ is used for vernacular architecture

Slate amd Clay

Was built for Catherine de Medici. It is considered as the residence of French ruler until its destruction in 1871

Palais des Tuileries by Arch. Philibert de Lorme

It was intended to be the palace of kings, but became a museum. In 1980, loeh Ming Pei designed the glass pyramid at the courtyard

Palais de Louvre by Pierre Lescot

decorated by Le Brun; landscaping was done by Andre Lenotre. It was built for Louis XIV

Palais de Versailles

It was built for Cardinal Richelie. It is also known as Palai Royal (North Louvre)

Church of Sorbonne

The massive chateau Is composed of a central keep with four immense bastion towers; The chateau features 440 rooms, 365 fireplaces, and 84 staircases, four rectangular vaulted hallways on each floor form a cross-shape

Chateau de Chambord

Compact palace shows Italian influence in flat, unobstructive pilasters

Chateau D’yazay le Rideau

one of the largest French royal chateau

Great palace of Fountainebleau

is the best example of Renaissance palace in Spain

Palace of Charles V, Granada by Arch. Pedro Machuca

was considered the Louvre of Spain. It was designed by Arch. Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera. It has monastery, church, college, palace with state apartments, and courtyard for staging bullfights

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid

is the grandest cathedral in Spain. Tombs of Ferdinand and Isabel can be found at the church's crypt.

Granada Cathedral

Built for Phillip II to house a palace college and monastery; Begun by Juan Bautista de Toledo and completed by Herrera

Escorial

First European building by a non - Italian in the true Renaissance spirit

Town Hall, Antwerp

Last public square surrounded by guild houses

Chancellery

Composed of superimposed pilasters and half columns

Heidelberg Castle

Shows influence of Church of Gesu in Rome

St. Michael, Munich

James I commissioned ______ to introduce Palladian Architecture to England

Inigo Jones

famous for its domestic domes

Elizabeth Mansion

First great Elizabethan mansion with symmetrical plan and elevation

Longleat Mansion

Built for Thomas Wolsey and enlarged by Henry VII built hammer-beam roof of Great Hall

Hampton Court Palace

First English villa in an Italian style

Queens House

English version of Palladian palace

Banqueting House

Great English Renaissance building

St. Pauls cathedral

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