Knowledge building

IDES 310 - Renaissance terms

Early Renaissance – time period and characteristics

High Renaissance – time period and characteristics

Late Renaissance – time period and characteristics

Mannerism in design - using Roman orders and Roman ways in a way that breaks with the customary rules.

Humanism

Vitruvius

Eclectic

Palazzo – location, use and style

Villa – location, use and style

Piano nobile

Symmetry

Walls – how were they finished and enhanced generally smooth and simple - paint suggesting wallpaper or elaborate were wallpapered.

Ceilings – how were they finished?

Mural frescoes – what is the process?

Ceiling beams – how were they finished/decorated?

Coffered ceilings -

Inlay

Intarsia – how did perspective drawing enhance intarsia?

Stained glass – how is different from Gothic stained glass?

Interior finishes – how have they changed from Gothic?

Duomo

Dosseret - impost block

Sacristy

Dome on No pendentives – how is the dome supported?

Scarsella - chancel area

Rondels

Loggia

Luca della Robbia -

Rusticated stonework

Tapestry

Brunelleschi

Michelozzo di bartolommeo - the Florentine Medici-Riccardi Palace

Leon Battista Alberti -S. Andrea in Mantua

Donato Bramante- S.Satiro, Milan

Plans for St Peter’s, Rome

4-Bramante, Peruzzi, Sangalio, Michelangelo

Farnese Family - palace

Studiolo, Ducal Palace, Urbino c. 1470

Trompe l’ oeil – translation?

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Giulio Romano

Andrea Palladio - Villa Capra

S. Giorgio Maggiore Venice

Giacomo Vignola church if the Gesu in Rome

INTERIOR FURNISHINGS

Vittore Carpaccio

Chairs:

Cassone: lift-lid top for storage usually solid walnut and elaborately carved-architectural detail - allegorical carving or painting mythological traditional bridal dowry chest - association of wealth.

Small Cassone served as jewelry box treasure chests

CASSAPANCA- variation from the addition of BBC a back and arms - seating and storage combined

CREDENZA somewhat taller cabinet, served as a sideboard or serving table, storage for silver, glassware, dishes, linens

SEDIA-somewhat massive chair with 4 square legs supporting arms. Seat and back were bands of leather attached to the frame with nails. Nailheads were part of decoration

SAVONAROLA CHAIR: This folding arm chair was widely used. Curved strips of wood pivoted at the center of the seat - named after famous Italian preacher who it’s thought favored the style.

SGABELLO CHAIR: stool or small simple chair with a wooden slab back. Often 3-legged -seat possibly octagonal and elegant versions richly carved. Strozzi palace sgabello exists

DANTE CHAIR: similar to Savonarola but a more solid frame. Cushioned seat and fabric stretched on back.

TRESTLE type tables planks placed on trestles or pedestals or carved stone bases. ‘Setting the table’

Bed: raised on s platform with 4 posters to hold canopy /curtains

Venetian glass for mirrors

Lighting-candles on candelabras

Torchere

Clocks

Spinetto

Harpsichord

COVERINGS:

Silk a favorite - wealth beautiful colors

Early Ren: Velvets And Damasks

High Ren: Brocades brocatelles

Loose cushions and pillows

FLOORS: tiled, stone on ground levels

Terrazzo

Not many rugs on floors but instead on tables and walls