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UMICH 323 Exam1
Baroque Italian and French
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
02/08/2010

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Il Gesu

Rome

1570

Arch: della Porta

 

*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)

*Jesuits as patrons

*Strong axial emphasis

*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there

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Il Gesu

Rome

1570

Arch: della Porta

 

*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)

*Jesuits as patrons

*Strong axial emphasis

*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there

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Il Gesu

Rome

1570

Arch: della Porta

 

*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)

*Jesuits as patrons

*Strong axial emphasis

*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there

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Definition

Il Gesu

Rome

1570

Arch: della Porta

 

*New religious orders in Counter-Reformation (art)

*Jesuits as patrons

*Strong axial emphasis

*Hard to tell where architecture stops and sculpture beings in the ceiling of the nave. Also "Adoration of the Name of Jesus" is depicted there

 

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Piazza San Pietro

St. Peter's Square

 

1660

Bernini

*Oval shape, mothering arms of church

*Relics kept under dome

*Baroque was all about drama, this was a stage

*Organized space in front of St. Peter's

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St Peters (Church)

Rome

 

1660

Bramante, Michelangelo, Maderno (facade in 1600)

 

*Extended Greek Cross

*Pilgrimage

*Elaborate processions, ceremonies

*Hard to see dome with lengthened nave

*Spaces between columns decrease to bring your eye to the center of facade  

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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Rome

1640

Borromini

 

*Embellished the intersection of routes linking districs of the city with 4 fountains set diagonally across each corner

*"Oval" shape with long axis leading to the alter

*Greek cross plan

*Dome: Octagon, Hexagon and Trinitarian crosses get smaller towards the center to give the illusion of height

*Dome is on pendentives

*Facade mirrors internal play of concave and convex

*Fountain into the corner of facade so it fits into Baroque architecture 

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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Rome

1640

Borromini

 

*Embellished the intersection of routes linking districs of the city with 4 fountains set diagonally across each corner

*"Oval" shape with long axis leading to the alter

*Greek cross plan

*Dome: Octagon, Hexagon and Trinitarian crosses get smaller towards the center to give the illusion of height

*Dome is on pendentives

*Facade mirrors internal play of concave and convex

*Fountain into the corner of facade so it fits into Baroque architecture 

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Definition

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Rome

1640

Borromini

 

*Embellished the intersection of routes linking districs of the city with 4 fountains set diagonally across each corner

*"Oval" shape with long axis leading to the alter

*Greek cross plan

*Dome: Octagon, Hexagon and Trinitarian crosses get smaller towards the center to give the illusion of height

*Dome is on pendentives

*Facade mirrors internal play of concave and convex

*Fountain into the corner of facade so it fits into Baroque architecture 

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S. Ivo della Sapienza

Rome

1640

Borromini

 

*Chapel behind a two story courtyard of a college

*Patron named UrbanVIII was known as "king of Bees" so the plan is the flattened shape of a flying Bee

*Plan geometrized into a Hexagon by the intersections of two equilateral triangles

*Exotic Lantern on top of Dome that spirals upwards

*Lantern symbolizes popes authority, conch shell, divine wisdom

 

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Palace of Versailles

Versailles

1680

Arch:  Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart

 

*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns

*Banquets and Festivities

*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry

*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene)

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Palace of Versailles

Versailles

1680

Arch:  Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart

 

*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns

*Banquets and Festivities

*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry

*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene)

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Palace of Versailles

Versailles

1680

Arch:  Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart

 

*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns

*Banquets and Festivities

*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry

*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene)

 

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Place Vendome

Paris

1700

Arch: Hardouin Mansart

 

*Public Square

*Rectilinear plan

*Crossed by street on axis

*Surrounding buildings have irregular design

*Symmetrical

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Place Vendome

Paris

1700

Arch: Hardouin Mansart

 

*Public Square

*Rectilinear plan

*Crossed by street on axis

*Surrounding buildings have irregular design

*Symmetrical

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Definition

Place Vendome

Paris

1700

Arch: Hardouin Mansart

 

*Public Square

*Rectilinear plan

*Crossed by street on axis

*Surrounding buildings have irregular design

*Symmetrical

 

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Place des Vosges

Paris

1600

Term
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Palace of Versailles

Versailles

1680

Arch:  Le Vau, Hardouin-Mansart

 

*Garden totally planned with geometric patterns

*Banquets and Festivities

*Lavish interior - still had order, harmony and symmetry

*Hall of Mirrors (match windows on opposite side, creating natural reflective scene)

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