RENAISSANCE Flashcards
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THE REBIRTH / REVIVAL OF THE GREEK &
ROMAN CLASSICAL ARTS & CULTURE. BIRTH PLACE WAS IN FLORENCE, ITALY
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
MARKED BY WIDELY DIVERGING FROM
RENAISSANCE & MEDIEVAL STYLES THAT
EVENTUALLY LED TO BAROQUE STYLE
MANNERISM
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
DIGNITY & FORMALITY
7 FEATURES
CLASSICAL ORDERS
SYMMETRY IN PLAN & FORM
EXTENSIVE USE OF DOMES ON A DRUM
USE OF SEMICIRCULAR ARCHES
USE OF VAULTS WITHOUT RIBS
USE OF GREEK CROSS & LATIN CROSS
USE OF RUSTICATED MASONRY
MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING IN ITA. REN.
*LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD
*PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS WERE:
(ITALY)
ST. PETER’S BASILICA
DONATO BRAMANTE
MICHAELANGELO BUONARROTTI
CARLO MADERNA
GIAN LORENZO BERNINI
FAMOUS FOR THE ENORMOUS BRICK DOME
Santa Maria del Fiore
FLORENCE CATHEDRAL
ARCHITECT : FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI
LARGEST PALACE IN ITALY
VATICAN PALACE
ARCHITECT : DONATO BRAMANTE
– CHATEAUS – CASTLES
(FRANCE)
CHATEAU DE BLOIS
*CHATEAU DE CHAMBORD
*CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU
PALAIS – PALACES
PALAIS DE VERSAILLES
*PALAIS DE LOUVRE
WELL EXEMPLIFIES DIFFERENT
PERIODS OF THE RENAISSANCE
(GERMANY)
– HEIDELBERG CASTLE
*RESEMBLES THE GREEK PARTHENON
WALHALLA TEMPLE
IMPORTANT PROTOTYPE OF EARLY BELGIAN
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
(BELGIUM & NETHERLANDS | BELGIAN & DUTCH)
TOWNHALL, ANTWERP
COMPANY HOUSE FOR FARMERS & TRADERS
TOWNHALL, BRUSSELS
ONE OF THE GRANDEST CHURCH
IN SOUTHERN SPAIN
(SPAIN)
GRANADA CATHEDRAL
OTHER SPAIN STRUCTURE
– THE UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA
– THE ESCORIAL, MADRID
