ARCH 214bg Lecture 1: RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE Lecture 1
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1401 beginning of the renaissance: different world view than previous. Ghiberti was one of several architects in florence who had entered a competition to do the door design. Cosimo de medici (founding father of renaissance) he pulled florence together. Florence was a republic, one of the smallest cities at the time (an underdog) St. lorenzo (medici family church), laurentian library has a medieval, almost gothic monastery form. Lorenzo began as an idealist, became quite bitter. Was a repository for text that was discovered about the roman empire. Typically found in parchment scrolls, only scholars were able to access them. Renaissance pilazzo typology is a unique building type that revolved out of the. Rustication: a typical detail that states this is a fortress, stay away business/residential/any kind of use) today; but they"re trying to get mixed use back. Bottom is for storage, kitchen business, mixed use (of. Split of cities, made a necessary drive between work and home; it"s illegal.
