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Brunelleschi and Linear Perspective” Renaissance and Baroque Architecture (Italy) 082:375, Prof. Marder ( [email protected] ) 11:30-12:50 Zimmerli, EDR Preliminary Syllabus: Jan 19 : Introduction Jan 23/26: The Dome, Brunelleschi, and Their Legacy Frommel 13-26 R. Krautheimer, “Brunelleschi and Linear Perspective” M. Trachtenberg, “Why the Pazzi Chapel is Not by Brunelleschi,” Jan 30/Feb 2: Alberti, Antiquity, and Vitruvius in the Renaissance Frommel 31-46 R. Wittkower, “The Centrally Planned Church and the Renaissance” (Alberti) R. Tavernor, Giovanni Rucellai and His Architectural Ensemble” Feb 6/9: Early Renaissance Palaces and Streets Frommel 26-30 G. Clarke, “Creating All’Antica Palaces" Feb 13/16: Domestic Interiors and Exteriors M. Ajmar-Wollheim and F. Dennis eds., At Home in the Renaissance E.B. Rogers, “Humanism and the Landscape” Feb 20/23: Courts of War and Culture, Commerce and Religion: Mantua, Urbino, Pienza, Ferrara, Milan, Siena,Venice, and Rome Frommel 46-50, 60-64, 69-76, 77-78, 87-90 O. Raggio, “The Liberal Arts Studiolo from the Ducal Palace at Gubbio,” H. Millon, “The Architectural Theory of Francesco di Giorgio” Feb 27/Mar 2: High Renaissance Rome and Its Legacy Frommel 51-56,78-86, 91-97, 99-112, 115-148, 152-154 A. Bruschi, “The Tempietto of S. Pietro in Montorio” Mar 6/9: St. Peter’s and Michelangelo Frommel 171-184 J. Ackerman, “The Basilica of St. Peter” W. Wallace, “Michelangelo CEO” Mar 20/23: Midterm exam ; Residences north and south, city and country Frommel 157-170, 201-213 J. Ackerman, “Villas” (of Palladio) B. Boucher, “The QuattroLibri” Mar 27/30: Sixtus V and City Planning in the Counter-Reformation Frommel 185-200 T. Magnuson, “Sixtus V” T. Marder, “Sixtus V on the Quirinal” Apr 3/6: Church, Palace, Villa, and Garden in the Baroque Varriano 3-43 P. Waddy, “Inside the Palace: People and Furnishings” M. Benes, “The Social Significance of … the Landscape at the Villa Borghese” Apr 10/13: Baroque Antagonists: Borromini VERSUS Bernini Varriano 45-105 T. Marder, “Bernini and Borromini on Piazza Navona” Apr 17/20: Alexander VII’s Urban Transformation of Rome Varriano 107-124, 125-157 T. Marder, “Politics and Urban Theater in Alexander’s Rome” Apr 24/27: 18 th -century Rome Varriano 159-182 May 1: Baroque Naples, Venice, and Piedmont Varriano 200-243, 261-265, 275-276 Bibliography: Ackerman, Palladio, 1966 Ackerman, The Architecture of Michelangelo, 1961, 1964, 1970 Adams- C. L. Frommel eds., The architectural drawings of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and his circle , 3 vols., 1994- Ajmar-Wollheim and F. Dennis eds. 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