EARLY RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE, 14001500

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EARLY RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE, 1400-1500
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Gothic architecture Alternative to the
Classical Achieving height and
Light Structural and Spatial innovations
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THE RENAISSANCE Recalling the (classical)
tradition and ushering in a new age Beginning of
the Modern Age gtConscious Revival of the
Classical Antiquity gtProjection for a New
World gtIndividualism and Innovation gtHumanism gtV
irtue, Action not Passive Contemplation gtTotal
Visualization gtThe Book Intellectual activities
and publication gtThe city and the
citizens Florence New patrons merchants and
bankers
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The Classical Architectural Repertoire Graeco-Rom
an qualities of harmony, proportion, rationality
and balance. The human figure as emblem of
rationality Return to the idea that beauty is a
mathematical concept
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Perspective and Total Visualization The Science
of Visualization and Representation Reappropriati
on of pagan ideas within 15th c. Christianity
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New Patronage The Medicis and Malatestas Building
of palazzos as architectural and virtuous
statement Intellectual Inquiry Rational and
Secular Investigations Albertis emblem of
winged eye
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New Expressiveness in Art Indvidualism, Personal
Freedom And Thought Single Architect over Guild
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The art and power of the book Production of
books and treatises Vitruvius and Alberti New
notions in architecture Advancement of
theoria Design Idea and Phenomenon Virtue
and Ethics Building as Body Architecture and
Edification Act of design is first
conceptual and not beset and controlled by
tradition and repitition
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Alberti, 15th c.
Palladio, 16th c.
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FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, FLORENCE BRUNELLESCHI
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Clarity of design Standardized vocabulary Roman
arch Proportion Modular system Reductiveness
Sparse qualities Classical motifs
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FLORENCE CATHEDRAL, 1420s BRUNELESSCHI AND VARIOUS
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Long period of construction but culminating
with Brunelleschis daring design and
construction of the dome.
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TEMPIO MALATESTIANO (SAN FRANCESCO), RIMINI,
1450 ALBERTI
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CHURCH OF S. MARIA NOVELLA, FLORENCE, 1460 ALBERTI
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CHURCH OF S. ANDREA, MANTUA, 1481 ALBERTI
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TEMPIETTTO, ROME, 1504 BRAMANTE Martyrium
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VILLA ROTONDA, VICENZA, 1567 PALLADIO
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Invention of the Villa Relationship of building
and landscape Classical idioms Temple motifs
incorporated in residential architecture
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The Rural Villa
The Palazzo Urban Mansions
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The tripartite elevation was used as a
revelation of the Renaissance spirit of
rationality, order, and classicism of human
scale. The tripartite division is emphasized by
horizontal string-courses that divide the
building into stories of decreasing height ending
with the heavy cornice that caps. Wall is stone
masonry that includes rustication and ashlar
(dressed stone work). Significance of rough and
smooth ashlar.
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence,
1444 Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
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Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, 1446- Alberti
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Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1458- Brunelesschi and
Fancelli
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Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1489 Guiliano da
Sangallo
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Rusticated Entryway Coat of arms by
Michelangelo Heavy cornice Ascending Orders in
Courtyard
Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 1515 Antonio da Sangallo
the Younger
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