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Mannerism COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 ABPL 702835 Post-Renaissance Architecture Mannerism COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 Warning This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of the University of Melbourne pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. do not remove this notice perfection & reaction Tempietto di S Pietro in Montorio, Rome, by Donato Bramante, 1502-6 Brian Lewis Canonica of S Ambrogio, Milan, by Bramante, from 1492 details of the loggia with the tree trunk column Philip Goad Palazzo Medici, Florence, by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, 1444-59 Pru Sanderson Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, by Biagio Rossetti, 1493 Pru Sanderson Porta Nuova, Palermo, 1535 Lewis, Architectura, p 152 Por ta Nuova, Pa lermo, Sic ily, 1535 Miles Lewis Porta Nuova, details Miles Lewis the essence of MiMannerism Mannerist tendencies exaggerating el ement s distorting elements breaking rules of arrangement joking using obscure classical precedents over-refining inventing free compositions abtbstrac ting c lass ica lfl forms suggesting primitiveness suggesting incompleteness suggesting imprisonment suggesting pent-up forces suggesting structural failure ABSTRACTION OF THE ORDERS Palazzo Maccarani, Rome, by Giulio Romano, 1521 Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in Italy, pl 239. Paolo Portoghesi Rome of the Renaissance (London 1972), pl 79 antistructuralism ANTISCTRUCTURALISM (A) Palazzo Maccarani detail of a doorway Portoghesi, Rome of the Renaissance, pl 82 ANTISTRUCTURALISM (B) Palazzo Caprini [House of Raphael], Rome, by Bramante, c 1510 Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture, pl 165 ANTISTRUCTURALISM (C) Palace of Diocletian, Spalato, c 284: detail of the north gate R J Mainstone, Developments in Structural Form (Cambridge [Massachusetts] 1975), p 41 aqueduct at Segovia, Spp,ain, AD earl y C1st & early C2nd Frank Sear; N H Ramage & Andrew Ramage, Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine (3rd ed, London 2000), p 149 Porta Maggiore, Rome, c AD 50 N H Ramage & Andrew Ramage, Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine (3rd ed, London 2000), p 148 RUSTICATION (A) the evolution of rustication, according to Serlio Sebastiano Serlio, The Book of Architecture (1611 [1980 (1970)]), fourth book, ch 5, folio 15 RUSTICATION (B) doorway by Serlio; gateway near Duomo, Todi, by G B da Vignola, late C16th Sebastiano Serlio, Regoli Generali di Architettura (1537-51-75), IV, 7, p 40; George Tibbits RUSTICATION (C) anonymous gateway near the Duomo, Lucca antique column, possibly from a fastigium, in the church of Santa Prassede, Rome Miles Lewis; Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308 (Princeton [New Jersey] 1980), p 136 Palazzo Pitti: distant modern view Fine Arts RE20.43.19 RUSTICATION (D) Palazzo Pitti,,,gy Florence, garden front by Bartolomeo Ammannati, c 1568, east wing Peter Collins, Concrete: the Vision of a New Architecture (London 1959), pl 44A Pru Sanderson RUSTICATION (E): Pitti Palace, garden front: detail of the piano nobile Pru Sanderson GIULIO ROMANO AND THE PALAZZO DEL TÈ Giulio Romano's house, Mantua, by Romano, c 1540s: his drawing Colin Rowe & Leon Satkowski, Italian Architecture of the Sixteenth Century (New York 2003), p 98 Giulio Romano's house,,,y, Mantua, by Romano, c 1540s Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in Italy, pl 238 Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Cortile della Cavallerizza, detail of the façade of the Estivale, by Giulio Romano, c 1539 Pru Sanderson. Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture, pl 232 Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Cortile della Cavallerizza, detail of the façade of the Estivale, by Giulio Romano, c 1539 Pru Sanderson Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Cortile della Cavallerizza, detail of the façade of the Estivale, by Giulio Romano, c 1539 Pru Sanderson Salmonic column from the original shrine of St Peter in the b asili ca brought from Greece in the C4th, probably c AD 200 Peter Bamm, The Kingdoms of Christ: the Story of the Early Church (London 1959), p 118 Palazzo del Tè, Mantua, by Giuliano Romano, 1526-1534 north west & east elevations Rowe & Satkowski, Italian Architecture of the Sixteenth Century, p86 Palazzo del Tè, Mantua, by Giuliano Romano, 1526-1534 north (garden) front west & south fronts Rowe & Satkowski, Italian Architecture of the Sixteenth Century, p 93 Heydenreich & Lotz, AhittArchitecture in Italy, pl 230 Palazzo del Tè, Mantua, by Giuliano Romano, 1526-1534 west & south fronts Pru Sanderson Palazzo del Tè, inner court north-west view & details Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in Italy, pl 234 Pru Sanderson Palazzo del Tè detail of dropped triglyph in the inner court Pru Sanderson PlPalazzo dlTèdel Tè garden loggia Sala dei Cavalli Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in Italy, pls 231, 232 Palazzo del Tè, interiors Pru Sanderson Palazzo del Tè Sala dei Gigantori ceiling, wall detail Pru Sanderson V L Tapié The Age of Grandeur (London 1960), pl 2 Palazzo del Tè, Sala dei Gigantori, wall painting Pru Sanderson exaggeration & dismemberment EXAGGERATION & DISMEMBERMENT (A) Porta Pia, Rome, by Michelangelo , 1561-4 Pru Sanderson EXAGGERATION & DISMEMBERMENT (B) Porta Pia, details Pru Sanderson High Renaissance doors and windows Portoghesi, Rome of the Renaissance. pp 358-9 EXAGGERATION & DISMEMBERMENT (C) Palazzo Uffizi,,, Florence, Porta della Suppliche, by Bernardo Buontalenti, 1577 Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in Italy, pl 353 THE ONGOING DEBATE CREATIVE DESIGN Brunelleschi > Michelangelo ACCCSGADEMIC DESIGN Alberti > Antonio Sangallo MichelangeloBuonarroti Buonarroti Farnese Palace, Rome, by Antonio de Sangallo the younger, c 1513 onwards, enlarged scheme c1534-45, completed by Michelangelo from c 1545: engraved elevation of 1549 Rowe & Satkowski, Italian Architecture of the Sixteenth Century, p 119 Farnese Palace courtyard: view & top floor window Fine Arts 172/R763/3fan/cy [82-28-3]; 172/R763/3fan/cy [c.16259] S Lorenzo, Florence, by Brunelleschi, begun 1421: plan of church complex Fine Arts, 172/F632/2LO/PLAN/11; RE20.34.67 S Lorenzo, Florence Old Sacristy, by Brunelleschi, 1421-8: plan & section Medici Chapel, by Michelangelo, 1521: plan & section Linda Murray, Michelangelo (London 1980), p 114 Medici Chapel, with the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici anonymous Medici Chapel, view of dome corner & ceiling detail MUAS 14,,;152; anony mous the Medici Chapel at San Lorenzo, Florence, wall details anonymous; HdHeydenre ih&Ltich & Lotz, AhittArchitecture IItlIn Italy, pl353l 353 Medici Chapp[el [New Sacristy] , San Lorenzo, Florence, by Michelang elo, 1521: tombs of Lorenzo & Giuliano de' Medici, Dawn & Twilight; Day & Night Cappelle Medicee nos 83, 82 S Lorenzo, Florence, by Brunelleschi, begun 1421: plan of church complex Fine Arts, 172/F632/2LO/PLAN/11; RE20.34.67 Laurentian Library, by Michelangelo [1523] 1525-34, continued by Tribolo, Vasari and Ammannati 1534-71 interior view, section & plan anonymous; Murray , Michelangelo, p 126 Laurentian Library, vestibule, by Michelangelo from 1524, staircase by Vasari and Ammannati in the 1550s anonymous Laurentian Library, vestibule, by Michelan gelo from 1524, staircase by Vasari and Ammannati in the 1550s Lewis, Architectura, p 292 Laurentian Library staircase dildetail Lewis, Architectura, p 293 Laurentian Library, vestibule anonymous Laurentian Library vestibu le, detail MUAS 16,903 so-called 'Burial Place of Annia Regilla' Rome, c AD 150 Portoghesi, Rome of the Renaissance, pl 434 Laurentian Library vestibule, detail MUAS 16,903 so-called 'Burial Place of Annia Regilla' Rome, c AD 150 Portoghesi, Rome of the Renaissance, pl 434 Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitol, Rome, by Michelangelo, 1537-64: detail of iiimprisone d(itl)ld (internal) column MUAS 16,884 Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitol, Rome, by Michelangelo, 1537-64 Miles Lewis Palazzo dei Conservatori: detail of window Miles Lewis Orthodox Bapistery, Ravenna, as completed c AD 450, stucco décoration in zone 2 Miles Lewis Paaalazzo odeCo dei Con serv aoatori: deadetail of window Miles Lewis view of the Capitol MUAS 12,000 Palazzo del Senatore, Capitol, Rome: steps by Michelangelo, 1540s, further work by Tommasso dei Cavalleri, Martino Longhi the elder, completed by Giacomo della Porta, 1590s MUAS 15,325 St PetersPetersSt St Peters Basilica, Rome planning developments 1506-1564 Murray, Michelangg,elo, p 183 St Peter's: model of project, by Antonio da Sangallo, c 1539 Paul Frankl, Principles of Architectural History (Cambridge [Massachusetts] 1968), pl 10 St Peter's, Rome: reconstruction of Michelangelo's design MUAS 14,811 St Peter's, aerial view Fine Arts 172 / V345 / 11PE / RE 99.091.09 St Peter's, Rome, exterior from the back L H Heydenreich & Wolfgang Lotz Architecture in Italy 1400 to 1600 (Harmondsworth [Middlesex] 1974, pl 256 St Peter's, east end, by Michelangelo after 1547, detail of a corner, with the giant order; detail of the southern apse anonymous; Goldscheider, Michelangelo, pl 276 St Peters: niches in the apse, right hand one with with the papal insignia Goldscheider, Michelangelo, pls 271, 279 St Peter's, two attic windows Anthony Blunt, Borromini (London 1979), pl 30 St Peter's, an attic window Blunt, Borromini, pl 31 .
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