ARTH 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Floor Plan, Theatricality, Balthasar Neumann
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Lecture 2: 01/25/2016 poliical power: baroque in france and catholic europe. Translaing ideas: france (and italy) to the holy roman empire. Charles viii (r. 1484-98) invades milan and mainland italy. Cultural as well as poliical impacts and changes. Francis i (r. 1515-1547) enamored with italian culture, brings some of the ideas back to. Builds a series of chateau"s (bringing in italian ideas and architects da vinci) Timeline of the building of the louvre, paris, france. Courtyard side of west wing of cour carr e. Courtyard side of the west wing of cour carr e. Architects perrault, charles le brun, louis le vau. Wars of religion coninue in france, but would come to a close with the irst absoluist monarch henri iv (r. 1589-1610) Was a protestant but converted to catholicism (allows for religion) Vale-de-gr ce, paris, france, francois mansart and jaques lemercier; 1645- Bramante creates a courtyard corile belvedere; 1504-85: nothing of this size had been built since aniquity.