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History Test 3 Study Guide
Key Terms/Buildings for Chap 22
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Architecture
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11/08/2011

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Costruzioni legitima
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: a method of constructing a one-point perspective using a drawing that combines front and side views of the perspective setup
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Filarete (Antonio Averlino)
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), c. 1400-1469: Italian architect famous for his Treatise on architecture describing the building of the ideal city of Sforzinda in narrative form
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Francesco Sforza
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Duke of Milan and patron of Filarete
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Intarsia
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Italian term for inlay work in different colored woods. (Contrasts with intaglio, which is relief carving.)
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Bernardo Rossellino
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(1490-1464) Italian architect who worked with Alberti and famous for work on the town of Pienza
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Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus
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(active 46-30 B.C. Roman architect and theorist of slight importance in his own time but of enormous influence particularly in the Renaissance and following.
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Castello Sforzesco
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residence, in Milan, of Franceso Sforza, duke of Milan & Filarete’s patron.
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Ospedale Maggiore, Milan
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1450-65: One of the few extant buildings which can be attributed to Filarete with any assurance.
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Palmanova
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Italian fortified city of the 17th century with an ideal form similar to Filarete’s Sforzinda. It was constructed to assist in the defense of Venice against the Turks.
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Pienza
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Town (formerly Corsignano) partly rebuilt in the Renaissance manner by the Architect Bernardo Rossellino under the patronage of pope Pius II
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