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Arch 242: Building History Ii ARCH 242: BUILDING HISTORY II Renaissance & Baroque: Rise & Evolution of the Architect 01 AGENDA FOR TODAY... DONATO BRAMANTE - The Transformative Architect - Bramante’s Thematics - Santa Maria Presso San Satiro - Santa Maria della Pace - Tempietto at San Pietro in Montorio - Saint Peter’s 02 DONATO BRAMANTE Donato Bramante, 1444 - 1514 - born in Monte Asdrualdo, near Urbino, Italy - projects in Milan & Rome, Italy 03 LOCATIONS IN ITALY Milan Urbino Rome Map of Italy 04 CLASSICAL ORDERS Doric Order Ionic Order Corinthian Order 05 DONATO BRAMANTE Donato Bramante, 1444 - 1514 - born in Monte Asdrualdo, near Urbino, Italy - projects in Milan & Rome, Italy - trained as a painter 06 BRAMANTE THE PAINTER Bramante started as a painter - during the Renaissance, artistic knowledge was valued over technical knowledge - apprenticed under Piero della Francesca in Urbino - interested in the rules of perspective, like Brunelleschi and Alberti before him Christ at the Column, 1490 07 BRAMANTE’S THEMATICS “Bramante was the first to bring to light the good and beautiful architecture which from the time of the ancients to his day had been forgotten.” - Andrea Palladio Quattro libri, I, 1570 “Bramante, chronologically and artistically the mediator between Alberti and Palladio, represents at the same time the apex of this trio of great humanist architects.” - Rudolf Wittkower Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, 1949 08 BRAMANTE’S THEMATICS Thematics address physical elements - physical elements are what make up architectural problems - Bramante explores the carving of space from a solid - Bramante looks at the relationship of the part to the whole Santa Maria della Pace, Rome 09 DONATO BRAMANTE Donato Bramante, 1444 - 1514 - born in Monte Asdrualdo, near Urbino, Italy - projects in Milan & Rome, Italy - trained as a painter - the Transformative Architect 10 DIAGRAM The diagram emerges from Bramante - a diagram collapses an architectural idea into a representation - architects use diagrams to represent architectural concepts Maison Domino by Le Corbusier - diagrams serve as a reference points for cohesive concepts Seattle Public Library Program by Rem Koolhaas 11 PREVEDARI ETCHING First diagram of the Renaissance - collapses a condition of space & time - achieved through perspective, but it is not a typical one-point perspective - space is carved out - a play between solid and void exists 12 PREVEDARI ETCHING Prevedari Etching Alberti’s Linear Perspective 13 LEONARDO DA VINCI 14 MILAN, ITALY 01 Santa Maria Presso San Satiro 01 15 MILAN, ITALY 01 Santa Maria Presso 02 San Satiro 01 02 16 SANTA MARIA PRESSO SAN SATIRO, 1482 17 SANTA MARIA PRESSO SAN SATIRO, 1482 18 SANTA MARIA PRESSO SAN SATIRO, 1482 19 BRAMANTE IN ROME 20 POPE JULIUS II Pope Julius II rebuilt Rome during the Renaissance - became pope in 1503 - he looked to Bramante, Michelangelo, and Raphael to rebuild Rome - the Pope’s patronage allowed Bramante to explore his own architectural thematics 21 ROME, ITALY 01 Santa Maria della Pace 02 Tempietto, San Pietro in Monotorio 03 03 Saint Peter’s 01 02 22 SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE, 1500-1504 23 SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE, 1500-1504 Pazzi Chapel, Filippo Brunelleschi 24 SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE, 1500-1504 Palazzo Ducale by Luciano Laurana, 1450 on 25 SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE, 1500-1504 26 SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE, 1500-1504 27 SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE, 1500-1504 28 SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE, 1500-1504 29 TEMPIETTO AT SAN PIETRO IN MONTORIO, 1502 30 TEMPIETTO AT SAN PIETRO IN MONTORIO, 1502 31 TEMPIETTO AT SAN PIETRO IN MONTORIO, 1502 32 SAINT PETER’S, 1506 33 SAINT PETER’S, 1506 34 SAINT PETER’S, 1506 35 SAINT PETER’S, 1506 36 SAINT PETER’S, 1506 Santo Spirito by Filippo Brunelleschi 37 SAINT PETER’S, 1506 38 DONATO BRAMANTE Donato Bramante, 1444 - 1514 - Questions? 39.
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