ARCH 242: BUILDING HISTORY II History of the profession: Renaissance & baroque Architecture
01 AGENDA FOR TODAY...
FRANCESCO BORROMINI (1599-1667)
- The Complex Architect
- Bernini versus Borromini
- Renaissance versus Baroque
- Borromini’s Thematics
- Oratory of Saint Filippo Neri
- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino)
- Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza
Francesco Borromini 1599-1667
- born in Ticino (present-day Switzerland)
- projects in Rome
03 LOCATIONS IN ITALY
Ticino
Rome
Map of Italy
04 FRANCESCO BORROMINI
Francesco Borromini 1599-1667
- born in Ticino (present-day Switzerland)
- projects in Rome
- started as a highly skilled stone carver & draftsman
05 BERNINI VERSUS BORROMINI
06 RENAISSANCE VERSUS BAROQUE
Epistemic Shift
- a term coined by Peter Eisenman
- an epistemic shift occurred at the beginning of the Renaissance movement
- occurs when there is a change in the subject in the subject-object relationship
Filippo Brunelleschi’s Perspective Technique 07 RENAISSANCE VERSUS BAROQUE
Paradigm Shift
- also coined by Peter Eisenman
- a paradigm shift occurred at the beginning of the Baroque movement
- occurs when there is a change in the object in the subject-object relationship
Piazza del Popolo | initial concept by Sixtus V 08 URBAN PLAN OF ROME
09 BERNINI VERSUS BORROMINI
Piazza del Popolo |Rainaldi | 1667 strada Felice/Via Pia | Borromini | 1638
10 BERNINI VERSUS BORROMINI
Pantheon drawing | Dosio | 1569 Hadrian’s Villa | Piranesi | 1768
11 BORROMINI THEMATICS
Borromini’s thematics address the complexity of architecture
- evolves from the thematics of the previous architects we have looked at
- explores a continuity of parts
- combines architectural elements & forms in order to create a complex base condition (i.e. a column & a wall become one)
Filippini Oratory Facade drawing by Borromini
12 FRANCESCO BORROMINI
Francesco Borromini 1599-1667
- born in Ticino (present-day Switzerland)
- projects in Rome
- started as a highly skilled stone carver & draftsman
- The Complex Architect
13 ROME, ITALY
01 Oratory of Saint Filippo Neri
02 Piazza Navona
03 San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
03 04 Sant’Ivo alla 02 Sapienza 01 04
14 ORATORY OF SAINT FILIPPO NERI, 1637-40
15 PIAZZA NAVONA, 1644
16 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
17 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
18 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
19 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
20 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
Palazzo de Te | Guilio Romano
21 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
22 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
23 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
24 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
25 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
26 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
27 SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77
28 SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48
29 SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48
30 SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48
31 SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48
32 SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48
33 FRANCESCO BORROMINI
Francesco Borromini 1599-1667
- Questions?
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