ARCH 212 1nd Edition Lecture 5Outline of Last Lecture I. Triumph of SenatorsII. Sant’ Andrea della ValleIII. Tempio Malatestiano IV. Palazzo RucellaiV. Belvedere CourtyardVI. Old St. Peter’sVII. Cloister of St. Maria Della PaceVIII. Tempietto at San PietroOutline of Current Lecture I. Villa MadamaII. San LorenzoIII.Capitoline HillCurrent LectureI. Villa* Madama- Located on the outskirts of Rome- Designed by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)- Intended for the cousin of Pope Leo X- Commissioned by Giuliano De’ Medici- Serves as hotel for elite guest of the pope and Italian state- His plan was not completed due to early death- Put emphasis on the garden courtyardsi. Circular courtyard serves as a meeting area for the whole area- Features a raised garden with a fish pond belowi. Adajenct wall to garden features arched niches* with various statuesii. Most of the statues are now in the Vatican Museum- The garden loggia* used to be open to raised garden but now has glass to protectthe artwork on the wallsi. The vaulted ceilings have complex designs - Raphael painted rooms in the interior- Paths from surrounding cities enter into the villa- Grottos* in the fish pond were used for warm and cool bathsThese 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.III. San Lorenzo-Located in Florence-Also called the San Lorenzo Basilica Medici Chapel-Designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti-Sponsored by the Medici familyi.Mainly Lorenzo & Guilano de Medici-Old Sacristy- used for holding traditional family ceremoniesi.Designed by Filippo Brunelleschiii.Dome in the center of the room with arches on every side-New Sacristy- feature statues of Lorenzo and Guilanoi.Lorenzo statue accompanied by figures of “Day” and “Night” laying on a volute* coffinii.Giulano statue accompanied by figures of “Dawn” and “Dusk” laying on avolute coffin-Laurentian Library- long hall with windows on each sidei.Small room designed before the entrance to the library is almost completely occupied by a grand staircaseii.Staircase: enter from the ground floor and go up into the libraryiii.Middle section of the stairs curve out with volutes on the endsiv.The walls of the room alternate between windows with circular and triangle pediments and niches with paired nonstructural columnsIV. Capitoline Hill-Located in Rome-Redesigned by Michelangelo-Cordonta* going up to the top of the hill-Michelangelo decorated the Piazzo with statues from one of his collectionsi.Strategic placed each statue-Capitoline Museums: facades of each building has pillars and baysi.Palazzo Dei Conservatori ii.Palazzo Nuovoiii.Palazzo Sentatorio-Michelangelo used these buildings to make a trapezoid; which creates an oval shaped palazzo in the center-Piazzo Campiodoglio: complex design the center visually connects the buildings to look aligned-The Basilica of St. Mary in Araccoeli is considered the Altar of Heaveni.On the highest summit of Capitoline Hillii. Grand staircase leads up to summit*Key TermsVilla- place to where one can escape from the cityNiche- recess in a wall where statues are primarly placedGarden Loggia- exterior gallery or corridor on the façade of a building that is open to the air on one side, supported by columnsGrotto- natural or artificial cave that is often flooded to control the water temperature Volute- decorative spiral, scroll-like ornament seen on Ionic column orderCordonata- ramp-like, flow of steps that can be difficult to
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