ABPL 702835 Post-Renaissance Architecture
Mannerism
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perfection & reaction
Tempietto di S Pietro in
Montorio Rome
Montorio,
Rome, by
Donato Bramante, 1502-6
Brian Lewis
Canonica of S Ambrogio
Ambrogio, Milan
Milan, by Bramante
Bramante, from 1492
details of the loggia with the tree trunk column
Philip Goad
Palazzo Medici, Florence, by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, 1444-59
Pru Sanderson
Palazzo dei Diamanti,
Ferrara, by Biagio
Rossetti, 1493
Pru Sanderson
Porta
Nuova,
Nuova
Palermo,
1535
Lewis,
Architectura,
p 152
P t N
Porta
Nuova, P
Palermo,
l
Si
Sicily,
il 1535
Miles Lewis
Porta Nuova, details
Miles Lewis
the essence of
M
Mannerism
i
Mannerist
tendencies
exaggerating
ti elements
l
t
distorting elements
breaking rules of arrangement
joking
using obscure classical precedents
over-refining
inventing free compositions
abstracting
b t ti classical
l
i l fforms
suggesting primitiveness
suggesting incompleteness
suggesting imprisonment
suggesting pent-up forces
suggesting structural failure
ABSTRACTION OF THE ORDERS
Palazzo Maccarani, Rome, by Giulio Romano, 1521
Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in Italy, pl 239.
Paolo Portoghesi Rome of the Renaissance (London 1972), pl 79
antistructuralism
ANTISCTRUCTURALISM (A)
Palazzo Maccarani
detail of a doorway
Portoghesi Rome of the Renaissance
Portoghesi,
Renaissance, pl 82
ANTISTRUCTURALISM (B)
Palazzo Caprini [House of Raphael], Rome, by Bramante, c 1510
Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture, pl 165
ANTISTRUCTURALISM (C)
Palace of Diocletian, Spalato, c 284: detail of the north gate
R J Mainstone, Developments in Structural Form (Cambridge [Massachusetts] 1975), p 41
aqueduct at Segovia,
Spain,
p , AD early
y C1st
& early C2nd
Frank Sear; N H Ramage &
Andrew Ramage, Roman Art:
Romulus to Constantine (3rd
ed, London 2000), p 149
Porta Maggiore, Rome, c AD 50
N H Ramage & Andrew Ramage, Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine (3rd ed, London 2000), p 148
RUSTICATION (A)
the evolution of
rustication,
according to Serlio
Sebastiano Serlio, The Book of
Architecture (1611 [1980 (1970)]),
fourth book, ch 5, folio 15
RUSTICATION (B)
doorway by Serlio; gateway near Duomo, Todi, by G B da Vignola, late C16th
Sebastiano Serlio, Regoli Generali di Architettura (1537-51-75), IV, 7, p 40; George Tibbits
RUSTICATION (C)
anonymous gateway near the Duomo,
Lucca
antique column, possibly from a
fastigium, in the church of Santa
Prassede, Rome
Miles Lewis; Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a
City, 312-1308 (Princeton [New Jersey] 1980), p 136
Palazzo Pitti: distant modern view
Fine Arts RE20.43.19
RUSTICATION (D)
g
front byy
Palazzo Pitti,, Florence,, garden
Bartolomeo Ammannati, c 1568,
east wing
Peter Collins, Concrete: the Vision of a New Architecture
(London 1959), pl 44A
Pru Sanderson
RUSTICATION (E): Pitti Palace, garden front: detail of the piano nobile
Pru Sanderson
GIULIO ROMANO AND THE PALAZZO DEL TÈ
Giulio Romano's house, Mantua, by Romano, c 1540s: his drawing
Colin Rowe & Leon Satkowski, Italian Architecture of the Sixteenth Century (New York 2003), p 98
Giulio Romano's house,, Mantua,, byy Romano,, c 1540s
Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in Italy, pl 238
Palazzo Ducale,
Mantua, Cortile della
Cavallerizza, detail of
the façade of the
Estivale, by Giulio
Romano, c 1539
Pru Sanderson.
Heydenreich & Lotz,
Architecture, pl 232
Palazzo Ducale,
Mantua, Cortile
della Cavallerizza,
detail of the façade
of the Estivale, by
Giulio Romano, c
1539
Pru Sanderson
Palazzo Ducale,
Mantua Cortile della
Mantua,
Cavallerizza, detail of
the façade of the
Estivale by Giulio
Estivale,
Romano, c 1539
Pru Sanderson
Salmonic column
from the original
shrine of St Peter in
th basilica
the
b ili
brought from Greece
in the C4th, probably
c AD 200
Peter Bamm, The Kingdoms of
Christ: the Story of the Early
Church (London 1959), p 118
Palazzo del Tè, Mantua, by Giuliano Romano, 1526-1534
north west & east elevations
Rowe & Satkowski, Italian Architecture of the Sixteenth Century, p 86
Palazzo del Tè,
Mantua, by
Giuliano Romano,
1526-1534
north (garden)
front
west & south
fronts
Rowe & Satkowski, Italian
Architecture of the
Sixteenth Century, p 93
Heydenreich & Lotz,
A hit t
Architecture
iin
Italy, pl 230
Palazzo del Tè, Mantua,
by Giuliano Romano,
1526-1534
west & south fronts
Pru Sanderson
Palazzo del Tè, inner court
north-west view & details
Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in
Italy, pl 234
Pru Sanderson
Palazzo del Tè
detail of dropped triglyph
in the inner court
Pru Sanderson
P l
Palazzo
d
dell Tè
garden loggia
Sala dei Cavalli
Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture
in Italy, pls 231, 232
Palazzo del Tè, interiors
Pru Sanderson
Palazzo del Tè
Sala dei Gigantori
ceiling,
g, wall detail
Pru Sanderson
V L Tapié The Age of Grandeur
(London 1960), pl 2
Palazzo del Tè
Tè, Sala dei Gigantori
Gigantori, wall painting
Pru Sanderson
exaggeration & dismemberment
EXAGGERATION &
DISMEMBERMENT (A)
Porta Pia, Rome,
by Michelangelo,
Michelangelo 1561
1561-4
4
Pru Sanderson
EXAGGERATION & DISMEMBERMENT (B)
Porta Pia, details
Pru Sanderson
High Renaissance doors and windows
Portoghesi, Rome of the Renaissance. pp 358-9
EXAGGERATION &
DISMEMBERMENT (C)
Palazzo Uffizi,, Florence,,
Porta della Suppliche, by
Bernardo Buontalenti,
1577
Heydenreich & Lotz, Architecture in
Italy, pl 353
THE ONGOING DEBATE
CREATIVE DESIGN
Brunelleschi > Michelangelo
ACADEMIC
C
C DESIGN
SG
g
Alberti > Antonio Sangallo
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Farnese Palace, Rome, by Antonio de Sangallo the younger, c 1513 onwards, enlarged
scheme c1534-45, completed by Michelangelo from c 1545: engraved elevation of 1549
Rowe & Satkowski, Italian Architecture of the Sixteenth Century, p 119
Farnese Palace courtyard: view & top floor window
Fine Arts 172/R763/3fan/cy [82-28-3]; 172/R763/3fan/cy [c.16259]
S Lorenzo, Florence, by Brunelleschi, begun 1421: plan of church complex
Fine Arts, 172/F632/2LO/PLAN/11; RE20.34.67
S Lorenzo,, Florence
Old Sacristy, by Brunelleschi, 1421-8: plan & section
Medici Chapel, by Michelangelo, 1521: plan & section
Linda Murray, Michelangelo (London 1980), p 114
Medici Chapel, with the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici
anonymous
Medici Chapel,
view of dome corner & ceiling detail
MUAS 14,152;
,
; anonymous
y
the Medici Chapel at San Lorenzo, Florence, wall details
anonymous; Heydenreich
H d
i h&L
Lotz,
t Architecture
A hit t
I It
In
Italy,
l pll 353
Medici Chapel
p [[New Sacristy],
y] San Lorenzo, Florence, byy Michelangelo,
g
1521:
tombs of Lorenzo & Giuliano de' Medici, Dawn & Twilight; Day & Night
Cappelle Medicee nos 83, 82
S Lorenzo, Florence, by Brunelleschi, begun 1421: plan of church complex
Fine Arts, 172/F632/2LO/PLAN/11; RE20.34.67
Laurentian Library, by
Michelangelo [1523] 1525-34,
continued by Tribolo, Vasari and
Ammannati 1534-71
interior view, section & plan
anonymous; Murray,
Murray Michelangelo,
Michelangelo p 126
Laurentian Library, vestibule, by Michelangelo from 1524,
staircase by Vasari and Ammannati in the 1550s
anonymous
Laurentian Library,
y, vestibule,, byy Michelangelo
g
from 1524,,
staircase by Vasari and Ammannati in the 1550s
Lewis, Architectura, p 292
Laurentian
Library staircase
d il
detail
Lewis, Architectura, p 293
Laurentian Library, vestibule
anonymous
Laurentian
Library
vestibule,
tib l
detail
MUAS 16,903
so-called 'Burial Place of Annia Regilla'
Rome, c AD 150
Portoghesi, Rome of the Renaissance, pl 434
Laurentian Library vestibule, detail
MUAS 16,903
so-called 'Burial Place of Annia Regilla'
Rome, c AD 150
Portoghesi, Rome of the Renaissance, pl 434
Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitol, Rome,
by Michelangelo, 1537-64: detail of
i
imprisoned
i
d (internal)
(i t
l) column
l
MUAS 16,884
Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitol, Rome, by Michelangelo, 1537-64
Miles Lewis
Palazzo dei
Conservatori: detail of
window
Miles Lewis
Orthodox Bapistery, Ravenna, as
completed c AD 450, stucco
décoration in zone 2
Miles Lewis
Palazzo
a a o de
dei Co
Conservatori:
se a o de
detail
a
of window
Miles Lewis
view of the Capitol
MUAS 12,000
Palazzo del Senatore, Capitol, Rome: steps by Michelangelo, 1540s, further work by Tommasso
dei Cavalleri, Martino Longhi the elder, completed by Giacomo della Porta, 1590s
MUAS 15,325
St Peters
St Peters Basilica, Rome
planning developments 1506-1564
Murray,
y, Michelangelo,
g , p 183
St Peter's: model of project, by Antonio da Sangallo, c 1539
Paul Frankl, Principles of Architectural History (Cambridge [Massachusetts] 1968), pl 10
St Peter's, Rome: reconstruction of
Michelangelo's design
MUAS 14,811
St Peter's, aerial view
Fine Arts 172 / V345 / 11PE / RE 99.091.09
St Peter's, Rome,
exterior
from the back
L H Heydenreich & Wolfgang Lotz
Architecture in Italy 1400 to 1600
(Harmondsworth [Middlesex] 1974, pl
256
St Peter's, east end, by Michelangelo after
1547, detail of a corner, with the giant order;
detail of the southern apse
anonymous; Goldscheider, Michelangelo, pl 276
St Peters: niches in the apse, right hand one with with the papal insignia
Goldscheider, Michelangelo, pls 271, 279
St Peter's, two attic windows
Anthony Blunt, Borromini (London 1979), pl 30
St Peter's, an attic window
Blunt, Borromini, pl 31