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THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD IN ARCHITECTURE

THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD IN ARCHITECTURE. Draw an architectural timeline with approximate dates including the following periods in Western architecture : Baroque Ancient Egyptian Gothic Classical (Ancient Greek and Roman) Renaissance.

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THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD IN ARCHITECTURE

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  1. THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD IN ARCHITECTURE

  2. Draw an architecturaltimelinewithapproximatedatesincludingthefollowingperiods in Western architecture:BaroqueAncient EgyptianGothicClassical (Ancient Greekand Roman)Renaissance

  3. Ancient Egypt: 3,050 – 900 BC (3950 years)Classical: 850 BC – 476 AD (1326 years)Gothic: 1100 – 1450 (350 years)Renaissance: 1400 – 1600 (200 years)Baroque: 1600 – 1830 (230 years)

  4. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE (1100 – 1450)What is thesocialorder of theMiddleAges?What is thebasis of knowledge in theMiddleAges?Whatarethearchitecturalcharacteristics of theMiddleAges?

  5. THE SOCIAL ORDERFeudalism: Land-owners; serfs; clergyBASIS OF KNOWLEDGEReligion (monasticorders)ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICSThecastleandthecathedral as markers of power

  6. ChartresCathedral, France, 1194-1260

  7. St. Denis, France, Abbot Suger, begun 1144, Interior light

  8. St. Denis, France, begun 1144, Rose Window(Symbol of the sun (Christ) and the rose (Virgun Mary as “rose without thorns”)

  9. Chartes cathedral as the center of the cult of Mariolatry (worship of Virgin Mary) in France, posesses the tunic of Virgin Mary which was a gift to the town from King Charles. Hence the town was associated with the royal house.

  10. Medievalcastle, Wales, c. 1300

  11. THE RENAISSANCE (1400 – 1600)What is thesocialorder of theperiod?What is thegoverningphilosophy of theperiod?Whatarethearchitecturalcharacteristics of theperiod?

  12. SOCIAL ORDERBirth of thebourgeoisie– thecity – tradeGOVERNING PHILOSOPHYHumanism (classicaltexts) ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICSRe-birth of ClassicalAntiquityBirth of «theory», innovations in practiceThebirth of thePalazzo

  13. Leonardo da Vinci, Sketchbook, c. 1500

  14. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472Studied at universities of Padua and Bologna, had masterg of Greek, Latin and law

  15. Leonardo da Vinci andCesariano, ideal proportions

  16. Francescodi Giorgio, c. 1470

  17. P. Brunelleschi, The Duomo of S. Maria del Fiore, Florence, 1299-1367

  18. The Duomo of S. Maria del Fiore, Florence, 1299-13678 major, 16 minor ribs arranged in doubles in between. Major and minor ribs are tied to minimize side thrusts. Two shells to keep out humidity and to increase scaleThe dome was built in horizontal courses . The lantern holds a large ring of 15 m.s

  19. Pienza, Palazzo Piccolomini, Rossellino, 1462

  20. Pienza, Palazzo Piccolomini, Rossellino, 1462

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