ARCH 212 1nd Edition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. Santa Maria del Fiore (cont.)II. Ospedale Degli Innocenti/Foundling HospitalIII. Santo Spirito IV. Pazzi ChapelV. Mediciriccardi PalaceOutline of Current Lecture I. Leo Battista Alberti Reading DiscussionII. Vitruvian ManCurrent LectureI. Leo Battista Alberti’s Reading Discussion- Designed many buildings throughout Italy- Wrote the One the Art of the Building in Ten Books- Described architecture as natural- Architectural beauty i. Individual parts that make up a unified wholeii. Amount of ornamentation & type of material used - He uses animals and plants in nature to come up with design stylesi. Examples. Classical Orders of Columns (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite) - Doesn’t discuss building function, purpose, or comfort- No emphasis on engineering- States that painting and math are important to make a beautiful buildingi. Symmetry and an importance of whole numbersIII. Vitruvian Man-Composed by Leonardo Da Vinci-The ideal man-Relates to One the Art of the Building in Ten Books because of the idea of nature being perfect-Considered to be concinnitas*These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.*Key TermsConcinnitas- derived from
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