ARCH 214bg Lecture 3: RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE Lecture 3
Document Summary
Use of colossal order; point from natural based architecture to scientific. St. peters as his greatest achievement; came out of a series of iterations from. Capitol at rome (campidoglio) shows his pragmatic side (there were very serious problems and he brought them all together) based architecture. St. lorenzo, florence is unfinished; a gesture of respect to him. Laurentian library, st. lorenzo ancient documents that carry text; has a famous stair (has three staircase into one entrance. If you did this kind of thing in studio you would"ve gotten an f . Pediment and the arch; rhythmic detail; detail, scale, proportion were all his skills. Recessed columns (they are essentially pilasters) ; shows the columns recessed into the walls. Sistine chapel for sixtus the fourth; architectonic-ness of the room (structure and art work together; combination of beautiful artwork and architectural structure) Pieta gives a sense of time; the fingers are unfortunate look like bananas .
