Pantheon

Rome 

100AD

Pantheon

Rome 

100AD

Pantheon

Rome 

100AD

Basilica San Marco

Venice

1100

Old St. Peter's

Vatican City

1600

Bramante

*Wanted circular plan (mark burial)

*Cross within square

*Many secondary spaces and domes

*Dome resting on weak pendentives (byzantine, san marco)

*Emphasis on symmetry/order

St. Peters

Vatican City

1600

Bramante

*Then Michelangelo and Maderno

Michelangelo:

-Similar to Bramante

-Eliminated secondary spaces and simplified the space

-More structurally sound piers

-Retained greek cross plan

-Curved exterior with flat pilasters

-Tension chains to support domes

Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1440

Brunelleschi

*Was largest dome in the world at the time, Still the largest brick dome

Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1440

Brunelleschi

*Was largest dome in the world at the time, Still the largest brick dome

Hopsital of the Innocents

Florence, Italy

1400

Brunelleschi

*Founded by Guild

*Orphanage for abandoned children

*Loger - building open on one or more sides

*Series of domed arches (Byzantine)

*Use of corinthian order

*Two tone scheme drawn from florentine beptestry

*Terra cotta medallions w/ swelled up infants

*Tells what function of building is

Hopsital of the Innocents

Florence, Italy

1400

Brunelleschi

*Founded by Guild

*Orphanage for abandoned children

*Loger - building open on one or more sides

*Series of domed arches (Byzantine)

*Use of corinthian order

*Two tone scheme drawn from florentine beptestry

*Terra cotta medallions w/ swelled up infants

*Tells what function of building is

Sant' Andrea

Rome

1450

Alberti

For: Prince of Mantua

*Barrel Vault over nave

*Dome over holy relic/alter

*Basillica in plan

*side chapels tht open up from nave

*Classical/early christian influence

*Housed blood of christ

Topped by pediment, sign of authority and power

*Refers to Christ's Triumph over death

• Jesuits
• Cross between axial and central plan
• Porch curves out from facade
• Frames with Corinthian
• Ionic to support semi-circle porch
• Dome with sculpture in it above alter
• Theatrically- ascending to heaven

Sant' Andrea

Rome

1450

Alberti

For: Prince of Mantua

*Barrel Vault over nave

*Dome over holy relic/alter

*Basillica in plan

*side chapels tht open up from nave

*Classical/early christian influence

*Housed blood of christ

Topped by pediment, sign of authority and power

*Refers to Christ's Triumph over death

• Jesuits
• Cross between axial and central plan
• Porch curves out from facade
• Frames with Corinthian
• Ionic to support semi-circle porch
• Dome with sculpture in it above alter
• Theatrically- ascending to heaven

Tempietto

Rome

1500

Bramante

*Place of Peter's Martyrdom 

*Centrally planned building

*Doric Order

*Borrowed materials (columns)

*Combined ancient paean icons with christian meaning - symbols point to Peter as high Pope