ARTH 2550 Lecture Notes - Polyptych, Masolino Da Panicale, Filippino Lippi
25 Feb 2014
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Alberti wrote a book on how to use one point perspective. In the baptistery, the eye is pulled toward the altar through use of convergence of orthogonal lines to a vanishing point. Filippo brunelleschi, old sacristy, 1418-1428, san lorenzo, florence (3 . 17, 3. 18) Pendentive: architecture structure that allows a circular dome to be placed over a square room through use of semicircular segments which form triangular segments in the corners - byzantine style: pendentives were used to create harmony and symmetry. 12 ribs used to hold it up representing the 12 apostils. Pilasters: applied square columns; stuck out slightly from the wall. Brunelleschi, santa maria degli angeli, florence, begun 1434 (3. 22, 3. 23) Circle was thought to be the perfect geometric shape. 8 radiating chapels that you can walk from one to another through the ambulatory. 16 sides: problem: where to place the altar; no vocal point like in the basilica.
