ARCH 250: TEST 2
39 Cards in this Set
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early renaissance Italy
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Brunelleschi, Alberti
Rebirth of culture of late antiquity (pre-gothic)
15th century
HUMANISM & PHILOSOPHY
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square and circle
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main geometries of Renaissance period
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The Trinity
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perspective
Jesus as Vitruvian man
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UWOSL-Renaissance
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units- rooms that are discrete elements
walls- flat, quiet, homogenous, unbroken, white
orders- columnar orders, arches, domes, tabletures as decoration
space- small units come together to make larger units
light- discrete windows, each space has own window/light source
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pilaster
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fake "half" columns;
decorative, visual order
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St. Peter's Dome proposals
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Bramante (drew it) & Michelangelo (built it)
16th century
Rome, Italy
mediating huge dome & street with smaller domes and semi-domes
modified double skin
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proscenium
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stage
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high renaissance
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Leonardo, Bramante
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late renaissance in Italy
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Michelangelo and Palladio
secular humanism (Human body is EVERYTHING)
1-POINT PERSEPECTIVE
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renaissance in France
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chåteaus, Louis XII
pitched roofs
VERTICALITY
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Renaissance path
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Florence, north to Milan, south to Italy & to France (military transfer from Milan)
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suite
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interlocking rooms
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Baroque Italy
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church patroned architecture
classical language extended
inter-relationships
theatricality
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Baroque in France
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monarchy-patroned architecture
triparteid
double columns & vertical venestration
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stereotomy
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carving of 3D stone into a particular shape
precision work
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maison
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house
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Corps de Logis
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body of inhavitation
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enfilade
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external wings
openings on walls toward façade edge connecting via axis of circulation
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mansard roof
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named after uncle and nephew
almost 4-sided roof
less and less vertical
very similar to roof in Las Vegas
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Act for Building of City of London
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due to 1666 fire of London
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Renaissance characteristics
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classical orders
pilasters
un-ornamented walls
circle and square
units of space in larger space
light
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piano nobile
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main floor of a house; a story above ground level
"living room" floor
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loggia
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3D arcade porch
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dormer window
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projects above the slope of a roof
Frech Renaissance
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rustication
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large, rough stonework with exposed joints
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chatueax
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castle
French renaissance large country residence w/o military pretentions
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villa
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farm
Roman renaissance extensive size
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palazzo
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palace
Italian Renaissance 4-square block w/ central court
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obelisk
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stone monolith, sqaure in plan, with sides tapering toward a pyramidal top
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keep
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central enclosed tower of a medieval castle
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Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Artists
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Italian
encyclopedia of artistic biographies
coined "renaissance" in print
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Vitruvius
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Domenico Fontana
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Vatican Obelisk 1586
Rome, Italy
one year to move obelisk to center of St. Peter's
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Trompe L'oeil
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French for "deceive the eye"
looks like something small/2D is really 3D
examples: 3-pt perspective, Teatro Olimpico, Santa Maria Presso S Satiro
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strada
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street
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Sixtus V Urban Plan for Rome
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27 new fountains, reliable water supply, repair ancient aqueducts, construct a new aqueduct
revived wool and silk industries
link early basilicas w/ direct processional routes; fountains and vertical elements to mark major points
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4 Books of Architecture
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Palladio
classical order=purity
domestic design
public/urban design & engineering
temples
history book & manifesto
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10 Books of Architecture
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Leon Battista Alberti Vitruvius
mid 15th century "de architectura libri decem"
architects should be highly educated humanists
first architectural treatise of renaissance
churches should be central, isolated from other buildings, on a base (above ground …
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Baltimore ideal city
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openness, all of the city's great buildings in one place
late 15th century, early 16th century
Greek temple form
public space: piazza/civic space
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ARCH 250: TEST 1 BUILDINGS/ STYLES