ANALYSIS

ANALYSISARCHITECTURE IN RENAISSANCE ITALYGEOGRAPHYItalyis located in southernEuropeand comprises the long, boot-shapedItalian Peninsula, the southern side ofAlps

CLIMATE Italy has a variety of climate systems. The inland northern areas of Italy have a relatively cool, mid-latitude version of theHumid subtropical climate, while the coastal areas ofLiguriaand the peninsula south ofFlorencegenerally fit theMediterranean climateprofile

HISTORYTheItalian peninsulashows evidence of habitation byanatomically modern humansbeginning about 43,000 years ago. It is reached by theNeolithicas early as 6000 BC. TheItalian Bronze Agebegins around 1500 BCArchitecture in Renaissance Italy

Architects

Brunelleschi - Alberti - Fillipo

Filippo Brunelleschi(13771446)widely considered the first Renaissance architectAmong his greatest accomplishments is the engineering of the dome of Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore, also known as the Duomo).He was also the first since antiquity to use the classical ordersDoric, Ionic, and Corinthianin a consistent and appropriate manner.

Santa Maria del Fiore, also known as the Duomo

Leon Battista Alberti(14041472)worked as an architect from the 1450s onward, principally in Florence, Rimini, and Mantua. (On Architecture)facades of the Tempio Malatestiano (Rimini, 1450) and the Church of Santa Maria Novella (Florence, 1470) are based on Roman temple fronts.principles of classical architecture are also seen in the Church of Sant'Andrea (Mantua, 1470).

Church of Santa Maria NovellaChurch of Sant'AndreaTempio MalatestianoAndrea Palladio(15081580)was the chief architect of the Venetian RepublicI quattro libri dell'architettura(Four Books on Architecture,1570; 41.100.126.19)San Giorgio Maggiore (1565) and Il Redentore (1576). The Villa Emo (Treviso, 1559)Villa Rotonda (Vicenza, 156670)

-The Villa Emo -Villa Rotonda-San Giorgio Maggiore

-Il RedentoreMichelozzo di Bartolomeo1396-1472was anItalianarchitectandsculptor.Notable works is the Palazzo Medici

Palazzo MediciItalian RenaissanceStructuresStructuresCappella ColleoniChurch and Mausoleum in Bergamo, ItalyBuilt between 1472-1476Designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

StructuresBasilica di Santa Maria del FioreMain church of Florence, ItalyDesigned by Filippo Brunelleschi

StructuresMaria della SaluteBy Baldessare and LonghenaVenice, ItalyCompleted in 1687

StructuresSt Peter Basilicaby Donato Bramante, Antonio da Sangallo, Michelangelo, Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, Giacomo della Porta, Carlo Maderno, Gian Lorenzo Berninicompleted in 1626Located in Vatican

Comparative AnalysisArchitecture in Renaissance ItalyFLORENCE

ROME

WALLSVENICE

ROOFSFLORENCE

ROME

VENICE

OPENINGSFLORENCE

ROME

VENICE

Plan

Florence Symmetry and compactness of plan. Staircases enclosed by walls were roofed by sloping barrel vaults, domes on pendentives or timber ceilings

Rome Varied planning on a grand scale. Staircases circular and elliptical with columnar supports are usual. The old Roman type of dome over a circular space and the dome on pendentives over a square space.

Venice Staircases of a central court surrounded with arcades. Church naves were planned for vaults, domes, or flat ceilings.