ARTH 112 1st Edition Lecture 12 Donato Bramante Tempietto Architect Church of San Pietro 1502 10 Rome o Commissioned by Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille Key architect of the time This particular piece was very influential for future architecture Harmonized the forms from antiquity and Renaissance Most buildings up until this time had been Basilicas Constructed with decorative entablature and baluster Influenced by surrounding Temple of Hercules Victor Forum Boarium Temple of Fortuna Virilus Peripteron and the remains of the Temple of Vesta Dome structures circles within circles has cosmic significance o Armillary Spheres as the model of the universe o When church structures are circular that relates to the universality of Christianity St Peter founder of the Roman church was crucified where the church was built Corregio Fresco of the Assumption of the Virgin 1526 30 o Mary being drawn up into heaven Intense depth without verticals and horizontals A sense of infinity Similar to Baroque art of the 16th Century Twisted bodies open expressions Giorgione The Tempest 1510 o Landscape of a soldier and a gypsy o Mood painted with landscape with a broken ambiguous and incomplete narrative o Painting is more of an impression than a precise reality solid dense of forms o Colors do not seem to create a sense of depth o Paint is not refined loosely applied Creates sense of impressionism Gypsy woman staring back at the viewer Evocative but not explicit in the same way as Mona Lisa Donato Bramante Tempietto Architect Church of San Pietro 1502 10 Rome o Commissioned by Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille Key architect of the time This particular piece was very influential for future architecture Harmonized the forms from antiquity and Renaissance Most buildings up until this time had been Basilicas Constructed with decorative entablature and baluster Influenced by surrounding Temple of Hercules Victor Forum Boarium Temple of Fortuna Virilus Peripteron and the remains of the Temple of Vesta Dome structures circles within circles has cosmic significance o Armillary Spheres as the model of the universe o When church structures are circular that relates to the universality of Christianity St Peter founder of the Roman church was crucified where the church was built Corregio Fresco of the Assumption of the Virgin 1526 30 o Mary being drawn up into heaven Intense depth without verticals and horizontals A sense of infinity Similar to Baroque art of the 16th Century Twisted bodies open expressions Giorgione The Tempest 1510 o Landscape of a soldier and a gypsy o Mood painted with landscape with a broken ambiguous and incomplete narrative o Painting is more of an impression than a precise reality solid dense of forms o Colors do not seem to create a sense of depth o Paint is not refined loosely applied Creates sense of impressionism Gypsy woman staring back at the viewer Evocative but not explicit in the same way as Mona Lisa
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