Dear Lorenzo Medici,
I Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, will love to take the opportunity to work with you for this offering you are having. I have constructed so many beautiful buildings you will like. Some of the buildings I have constructed are; St. Peter’s Basilica, Palazzo Farnese, Villa Madame, San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Palazzo Baldassini,Fortezza da Basso, Cappella Paolina, Palazzo Sacchetti, Santo Spirito in Sassia and Santo Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli . You are probably wondering why I want to work with you , well the reason I would like to work with you is because you are giving out a huge offer or opportunity to work for your Villa and I am so interested in your job offering. I think my buildings will work just right for your new Villa. They
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I am also known as Antonio da San Gallo , the most active Italian architect during the Renaissance. I was born in Florence and became one of the most distinguished architect of the High Renaissance in Rome. I learned my architecture learning at one of the most famous workshop , which was the Florentine workshop. The Florentine workshop is runned by my uncles Giuliano and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. I followed my uncles to Rome to have a good career in architecture. I will love to tell you about the amazing buildings I want to work with you for your new Villa. One of my famous buildings is called St. Peter’s Basilica , which I also call it the New St. Peter’s Basilica. My church is known for one of the largest churches in the world. It was built on the Vatican Hill right across the Tiber river from the historic center of Rome. I had started constructioning this church in April 18, 1506 and it was completed on November 18, 1626. I had renewed this church so many times so I can make it so much better than the other one’s they had before , which was the Old St. Peter’s Basilica. At first my church was too small and it didn’t really catch anyone's attention so , I decided to make
Brunelleschi 's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture, written by Ross King, describes the history of the city of Florence and life at the end of the Middle Ages through the genius of Filippo Brunelleschi. The book begins by giving information about the historic competition that led to the impressive dome that sits atop Santa Maria del Fiore. It then gives an account of the history of Florence in the late 1300s and early 1400s and the building of the cathedral and the initial competition for the dome 's design. After providing information about Florence and the cathedral, Ross King gives background information about Filippo Brunelleschi, his experiences as an artist and scientist in both Florence and Rome, and insight into
... middle of paper ... ... Using sculpture around the Alter of Grace and images on the wall and ceiling he pictures the story of the ’the Fourteen Holy Helpers and gives the kind of imagination to the level of reality as cited by (Lanciani and Rodolfo 1892). All these Baroque architectural elements were applied to the building to get the people attention to the focal point.
Were the Medicis the great heroes of the Renaissance or the great villains? The Medici’s were a prominent family in the Renaissance, who ruled Florence from 1434 to 1737. They are regarded as being one of the most powerful and richest families in the whole of Europe. The Medics used this great status and wealth to develop an improved Florence, one that was significantly influenced by the Renaissance.
Lorenzo De Medici can be considered as one of the most influential men of the 13th century. His work in political affairs and administration were renowned in all Italy and his family could count on him in every aspect. Lorenzo was also a promoter of a new period called Renaissance. He was one of the first “mecenate” to explore this new way of art. In this project, I will concentrate how he developed art in Florence, giving a clear example through an Artist of that period that was working for him: Sandro Botticelli. His work “The Spring” is a well-defined example of what we can call “art in the Renaissance”, in particular for the Italian Renaissance.
In the Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy, there is a cathedral church whose octagonal dome, built without the aid of scaffolding, was considered the greatest engineering feat of the early Renaissance. Dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore, Our Lady of the Flower, it is also known as the Duomo, after the Italian word for cathedral. Created by many great Early Modern artists, this piece of architecture is a perfect example the Renaissance style. We can come to a better understanding of why this is so by exploring what the characteristics of the Renaissance “style”. To understand the properties of the Florence Cathedral that fit the Early Modern style, I will begin with a description and its history. The cathedral's architectural style, although greatly influenced by French Gothic elements remained distinctively Florentine, especially the geometric patterns of red, green, and white marble on the building's exterior. Construction of the cathedral began in 1294 on the site of a Christian church founded in the 6th or 7th century and continued until 1436. Several celebrated Italian architects were involved in the project, including Giotto, Arnolfo di Cambio, Andrea Orcagna, and, most notably, Filippo Brunelleschi, who was responsible for designing and building the dome. The cathedral's exterior is ornamented with sculpture and mosaics by Italian artists Donatello, Nanni di Banco, and Domenico Ghirlandaio, among others. The building's stained-glass windows are the work of the Italian architect and artist Lorenzo Ghiberti, and the interior is decorated with sculpture and fresco paintings by several Renaissance masters. Construction of the campanile (bell tower), situated to the right of the entrance to the Duomo, was begun by Giotto and completed according to his plans in 1359, after his death. Nearly 278 ft high, the campanile is embellished with red, green, and white marble panels of relief sculpture by Italian artists Andrea Pisano and Luca della Robbia, and niches with sculpted figures by Donatello and other masters. Facing the cathedral and campanile is a smaller, octagonal structure, the Baptistery of San Giovanni, noted for its gilt-bronze doors, elaborately worked in high relief by Andrea Pisano and Lorenzo Ghiberti. With that background information about the cathedral, one question comes to mind: what is it that makes the Renaissance style distinct? Renaissa...
Originally a Gothic town hall, the Palazzo della Ragione or Basilica (commissioned in 1549), was on the verge of crumbling and Palladio won a competition to redesign it. His answer was to encase it on three sides with a two-storey loggia that provided reinforcement and transformed the exterior with classic columned arcades on two levels. Arches were placed between pilasters, Doric on the lower level, Ionic above, supporting entablatures. In each bay, the arch rests on small columns placed away from the larger pilasters with a rectangular gap in between - now known as the ‘Palladian motif’.
In Florence, Italy a cathedral stands over the grave of its architect, Filippo Brunelleschi. The Cathedral of Florence that now serves as his monument was one of his largest architectural developments. Little is known about Filippo’s childhood because he was not very famous; however, later in life he made huge accomplishments in the field of architecture. Filippo Brunelleschi’s structures were considered glorious at the time and are still standing today.
Florence, Italy was a city just like any other during the Renaissance. It was city of 50,000 people, less than there were in Paris and Venice but more than most other European cities. The busiest parts of the city were the Ponte Vecchio, a place lined with markets and houses, the neighborhood of the Orsanmichele and Mercato Vecchio, or the Old Market. Florence was a place of beauty and leisure. A Venetian visitor once said, “There is in my opinion no region more sweeter than that wherein Florence is a placed for Florence is situated in a plain surrounded on all sides by hills and mountains…And the hills are fertile cultivated, pleasant…” (Unger, pg. 1). Florence was a very prosperous city; it made fortunes off of wool and banking trades. A certain Florentine family contributed to the vast wealth as well. The Medici family was no doubt the foundation of prosperity for Florence.
The Papal Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, or simply St Peter’s Basilica is one of the largest church’s in the world with a total area of 44,000 square meters, with 219 square meters of the basilica itself. (Dupre’, J., 2001, p.65) Located in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome, St Peter’s Basilica is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture. There were 4 main architects who contributed to the project: Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Construction began on the new basilica on 18 April 1506 under Julius II, who also laid the first stone and was completed in 1615 under Paul V. The Façade, designed by the architect Carlo Maderno, “Is 114.69 metres wide and 48 metres high, and has an order of Corinthian columns and pilasters, over which lies an imposing cornice with a central tympanum, crowned by a balustrade with thirteen statues (nearly 6 metres high).”
It was built to replace an early Christian church on the same site. Donato Bramante and Michelangelo Buonarroti were the main architects, although their original plans were altered by others. The basic plan of 1506, by Bramante, called for a central-type building. Bramante's plan was not carried out, and the church was
The Italian Architects of the seventeenth century faced a huge volume of orders to carry out. The most required orders were churches. (Bazin 15) When Urban VIII became pope he asked Bernini to design a baldachino, also known as a canopy, to define the altar area. Bernini built something that was half sculpture and half architecture that had four columns that were very detailed. The columns were designed with spiraling grooves and vines made of bronze. The spiraling and decorative effects were made to symbolize the union of the new and Old Testaments, the vine of the Eucharist climbing the columns of the temple of Solomon. The Eucharist was the Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper. The elements of the Ionic and Corinthian orders are at the top of the columns. Angels are along the entablatu...
“The church has a rectangular shape, and the square nave measuring 102 feet is covered with a central dome that is carried on four pendentives. The arcade around the dome is unbroken with 40 arched windows to bring the light inside. Excluding the two narthexes and the large atrium, the basilica measures 229 x 245 ft. The atrium measures 157 x 106 ft.
Alberti was known to be a great advisory to me and he was influenced from a lot of people including Sigismondo Malatesta. During that time of when he was in Rimini, Italy, he was working with an outstanding person in which this person would realize his most delicate and original ideas in marble, shaping brilliant, carefully chosen stones with dazzling precision until they embodied Alberti’s vision of fortune as a filled sail. Malatesta has ransacked his way from the churches in the surrounding area. It was worse in which Sigismondo ran out of money long before Alberti’s full design was complete, so that neither does the second story that Alberti had planned for his façade nor the magnificent lead-roofed dome that he has planned to raise at the east end of the church that has ever builded.
The impact that the Baroque period had on architecture can be admired today by visiting the Elector's Palace in Trier, Germany, the Santa Susanna in Rome, Italy, the Saints Peter and Paul Church in Krakow, Poland, and St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Trevi Fountain in Rome, the Palace of Versailles, in France.
The structure focused upon in this essay is Duomo de Florence, Florence Cathedral. The Cathedral Church is situated in Florence, the capital city of the Tuscany region in Central Italy. A city famed in modern times for it’s art and medieval history, the Duomo provides a glimpse of the architectural history of the gothic style implemented during the early renaissance and some would argue is held accountable for a lot of the art famed from this time in Florence. The church itself is situated on the Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square in English), in the heart of what is regarded as the historic centre of Florence. This square also houses the Opera del Duomo Museum in which the art work from the construction of the cathedral and relating to are