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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Brunelleschi, Michelozzo, and the Problem of the Pazzi Chapel Marvin Trachtenberg, 2008-04-01 |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Origins of Architectural Pleasure Grant Hildebrand, 1999-06-30 This engaging study discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings that humans have found appealing--and useful for survival--from ancient times to the present. 119 photos. 6 line figures. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Filippo Brunelleschi Howard Saalman, 2010-11-01 A definitive modern study of Filippo Brunelleschi's buildings, based on detailed archaeological investigation of the monuments and new exhaustive studies in the Florentine archives, has long been needed. This sequel to the author's Filippo Brunelleschi: The Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore (1980) answers that need. It makes a major contribution to our understanding of the creation of Renaissance architecture and of fifteenth-century patronage. In Filippo Brunelleschi: The Buildings Professor Saalman not only gives new insights into the physical fabric of Brunelleschi's projects, but reinterprets every one of his buildings on the basis of previously unpublished archival evidence and in the light of modern historical research on Early Renaissance Florence. The result is a monograph that reassesses Brunelleschi's architectural work in the context of the political, economic and religious environment of early fifteenth-century Florence. The author reexamines Brunelleschi's personal style of designing details and of managing the quantity and disposition of light in his metrically and geometrically proportioned spaces. Major chapters deal with the role of leading patrons, the Barbadori in their chapel in Santa Felicita, Cosimo de' Medici at San Lorenzo, Andrea Pazzi at the chapter house of the Pazzi in the convent of Santa Croce and the Scolari at the Angeli rotunda. An extensive selection of documents is provided in addition to the short excerpts quoted in the main text. The picture of Brunelleschi that emerges confirms earlier views of him as a traditionalist with an all'antica language. But the reader will find here a new dimension of historical precision in the definition of this much studied architect. Clear lines of demarcation are drawn between the work of Filippo and that of major contemporaries such as Michelozzo de Bartolommeo and, in particular, Leon Battista Alberti. We return at the end of the twentieth century to Filippo Brunelleschi's buildings to learn fundamental lessons about the craft and the profession. There is a universal element in his work: integrity - integrity of design, integrity of structure, integrity of detail. There are no false notes, no easy solutions, no slip-shod details. His buildings do not shout for attention: they command it silently through flawless execution and understated monumentality. They do not lend themselves to facile appreciation, but demand careful study and rigorous thought to be fully understood and enjoyed. A man throughly of his time and place, Filippo - like Mes van der Rohe - strove for simplicity, clarity, perfection. It is what makes him relevant to architects today. -- |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: A World History of Architecture Marian Moffett, Michael W. Fazio, Lawrence Wodehouse, 2003 The Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius declared firmitas, utilitas, and venustas-firmness, commodity, and delight- to be the three essential attributes of architecture. These qualities are brilliantly explored in this book, which uniquely comprises both a detailed survey of Western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China, and Japan. The text encourages readers to examine closely the pragmatic, innovative, and aesthetic attributes of buildings, and to imagine how these would have been praised or criticized by contemporary observers. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social, and technological contexts are discussed so as to determine the extent to which buildings met the needs of clients, society at large, and future generations. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Filippo Brunelleschi Eugenio Battisti, 2012-08-20 A comprehensive study of the important Florentine architect and sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446). Art historian Eugenio Battisti considers Brunelleschi's contribution to Renaissance culture, discussing his experiments with perspective and his development of a rational architectural language from his study of antiquity. The book is a detailed record of all Brunelleschi's major works including The Foundling Hospital (c.1419-45), the Pazzi Chapel (c1441-1460) and his remarkable dome of S Maria del Fiore (c.1420-1436). It also includes his military projects and his work as a goldsmith and sculptor. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The Art, History and Architecture of Florentine Churches Susan Bracken, 2016-12-14 Churches and palaces in Florence have been the subject matter of book-length, often multi-volume studies over the centuries. This book is a compendium of the main churches in Florence and has been written with two distinct audiences in mind: English-speaking students of Renaissance art, architecture, literature and history and the well-read traveller to Florence who wishes to place the works of art and architecture into the wider context of Italian culture. The choice of churches discussed here was influenced by the author’s experience as teacher for several university programmes on site in Florence. The buildings described and analysed are those which students will most likely encounter in the course of their study-abroad stay in Florence, whether they wish to specialise in art, architecture or the history of the Florentine Renaissance. This book represents a textbook that offers concise information on the history, art, and architecture of 25 of the main Florentine churches, provides plans and photos of the façades, and introduces the student to some of the most important vocabulary and the main textual sources of the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: A World History of Art Hugh Honour, John Fleming, 2005 Over two decades this art historical tour de force has consistently proved the classic introduction to humanity's artistic heritage. From our paleolithic past to our digitised present, every continent and culture is covered in an articulate and well-balanced discussion. In this Seventh Edition, the text has been revised to embrace developments in archaeology and art historical research, while the renowned contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the discussion of the past twenty years, providing a new perspective on the latest developments. The insight, elegance and fluency that the authors bring to their text are complemented by 1458 superb illustrations, half of which are now in colour. These images, together with the numerous maps and architectural plans, have been chosen to represent the most significant chronological, regional and individual styles of artistic expression. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi, Eugenio Battisti, Emily Lane, 1981 |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Architecture in Italy, 1400-1500 Karl Heinrich Heydenreich, Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich, Paul Davies, 1996-01-01 Brunelleschi - Ghiberti and Donatello - Alberti - Florence 1450-1480 - Urbino - Venice - Lombardy - Leonardo da Vinci. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The Montefeltro Conspiracy Marcello Simonetta, 2008-06-03 A brutal murder, a nefarious plot, a coded letter. After five hundred years, the most notorious mystery of the Renaissance is finally solved. The Italian Renaissance is remembered as much for intrigue as it is for art, with papal politics and infighting among Italy’s many city-states providing the grist for Machiavelli’s classic work on take-no-prisoners politics, The Prince. The attempted assassination of the Medici brothers in the Duomo in Florence in 1478 is one of the best-known examples of the machinations endemic to the age. While the assailants were the Medici’s rivals, the Pazzi family, questions have always lingered about who really orchestrated the attack, which has come to be known as the Pazzi Conspiracy. More than five hundred years later, Marcello Simonetta, working in a private archive in Italy, stumbled upon a coded letter written by Federico da Montefeltro, the Duke of Urbino, to Pope Sixtus IV. Using a codebook written by his own ancestor to crack its secrets, Simonetta unearthed proof of an all-out power grab by the Pope for control of Florence. Montefeltro, long believed to be a close friend of Lorenzo de Medici, was in fact conspiring with the Pope to unseat the Medici and put the more malleable Pazzi in their place. In The Montefeltro Conspiracy, Simonetta unravels this plot, showing not only how the plot came together but how its failure (only one of the Medici brothers, Giuliano, was killed; Lorenzo survived) changed the course of Italian and papal history for generations. In the course of his gripping narrative, we encounter the period’s most colorful characters, relive its tumultuous politics, and discover that two famous paintings, including one in the Sistine Chapel, contain the Medici’s astounding revenge. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: A History of American Architecture Mark Gelernter, 2001 Presents a history of American architecture, from the first civilizations in America to the present. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: A History of Western Architecture David Watkin, 2005 The history of Western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the dramatic impact of CAD on architectural practice at the beginning of the 21st century. |
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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Architecture For Dummies Deborah K. Dietsch, 2011-05-09 Sei es Michael Graves Bestseller-Produktdesign für Target oder Sir Norman Fosters Renovierung des Berliner Reichstagsgebäudes: Architektur ist nach wie vor ein Thema, das im Zentrum des kulturellen Interesses steht und großen Neuigkeitswert genießt. Architecture For Dummies: Ein Crashkurs in Sachen Architektur - für Leser, die es eilig haben. Hier finden Sie die wichtigsten Informationen zum Thema Architektur. Ein Band aus der beliebten 'For Dummies-Reihe'. Behandelt werden alle Höhepunkte der Architekturgeschichte - angefangen bei den Pyramiden von Ägypten bis hin zu Frank Gehrys Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Das Buch erklärt genau, wie man ein Gebäude betrachtet und bewertet, und wann man nicht mehr von einem Gebäude, sondern von einem Kunstwerk spricht. Der Abschnitt Part of Tens behandelt u.a.: zehn große architektonische Meisterwerke, die zehn größten architektonischen und bautechnischen Misserfolge, zehn der interessantesten modernen Architekten und vieles andere mehr. Autorin Deborah Dietsch ist eine renommierte Expertin auf diesem Gebiet. Sie war früher Chefredakteurin des 'Architecture' Magazins und leitende Redakteurin des 'Architectural Record'. Aus ihrer Feder stammt auch das kürzlich erschienene Buch 'Classic Modern'. |
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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Character of Renaissance Architecture Charles Herbert Moore, 1905 |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The language of architecture. A contribution to architectural theory Niels Luning Prak, 2019-04-15 No detailed description available for The language of architecture. A contribution to architectural theory. |
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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The New Paradigm in Architecture Charles Jencks, 2002-01-01 This book explores the broad issue of Postmodernism and tells the story of the movement that has changed the face of architecture over the last forty years. In this completely rewritten edition of his seminal work, Charles Jencks brings the history of architecture up to date and shows how demands for a new and complex architecture, aided by computer design, have led to more convivial, sensuous, and articulate buildings around the world. |
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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Italian Renaissance Art Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, 2013-03-04 Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A smart, elegant, and jargon-free analysis of the Italian Renaissance – what it was, what it means, and why we should study it Provides a sustained discussion of many great works of Renaissance art that will significantly enhance readers’ understanding of the period Focuses on Renaissance art and architecture as it developed throughout the Italian peninsula, from Venice to Sicily Situates the Italian Renaissance in the wider context of the history of art Includes detailed interpretation of works by a host of pivotal Renaissance artists, both well and lesser known |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture James Stevens Curl, Susan Wilson, 2015 With over 6,000 entries, this is the most authoritative dictionary of architectural history available. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The Stones of Florence Mary McCarthy, 2013-10-15 A journey through the glorious Italian city’s scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Venice Observed and The Group. Mary McCarthy’s classic celebrates the Italian city often looked upon as the provincial sister to the better-dressed, more “feminine” Venice. To McCarthy, Florence, or Firenze, is a place of ageless enchantment, from the Duomo to the fortressed palaces. The Renaissance began here; art and architecture flourished. From its roots as a center of medieval trade to its transformation into one of the world’s wealthiest cities, McCarthy charts Florence’s rich and turbulent history. She introduces a cast of towering real-life characters. Through her probing writer’s lens, the poetry of Dante and the magnificent artistry of Raphael and Botticelli come vibrantly alive. Along this illuminating journey, McCarthy offers fascinating bits of trivia: There are no ruins in Florence because the Florentines aren’t sentimental about their past; America took its name from a Florentine traveler named Amerigo Vespucci. From Michelangelo to the Medicis to the story behind a statue’s missing head, The Stones of Florence is Mary McCarthy’s hymn to this unique city. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate. |
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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Architecture as Cosmology John Shannon Hendrix, 2011 Architecture as Cosmology examines the precedents, interpretations, and influences of the architecture of one of the great buildings in the history of architecture, Lincoln Cathedral. It analyzes the origin and development of its architectural forms, which were to a great extent unprecedented and were very influential in the development of English Gothic architecture and in conceptions of architecture to the present day. Architecture as Cosmology emphasizes the relation of the architectural forms to medieval philosophy, focusing on the writings of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1235-53). The architecture is seen as a text of the philosophy, cosmology, and theology of medieval English culture. This book should be useful to anyone interested in architecture, architectural history, architectural theory, Gothic architecture, and medieval philosophy. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Background Denys Hay, 1977-01-21 A fresh and readable account of one of the great epochs in European history. |
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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art Noah Charney, Ingrid Rowland, 2017-10-03 “Readers curious about the making of Renaissance art, its cast of characters and political intrigue, will find much to relish in these pages.” —Wall Street Journal Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was a man of many talents—a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar—but he is best known for Lives of the Artists, which singlehandedly established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Before Vasari’s extraordinary book, art was considered a technical skill, and artists were mere decorators and craftsmen. It was through Vasari’s visionary writings that Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo came to be regarded as great masters of life as well as art, their creative genius celebrated as a divine gift. Lauded by Sarah Bakewell as “insightful, gripping, and thoroughly enjoyable,” The Collector of Lives reveals how one Renaissance scholar completely redefined how we look at art. |
| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: Renaissance & Mannerism Diane Bodart, 2008 From the 15th to the 16th centuries, Western European culture flourished thanks in part to the astonishing achievements of such Renaissance artists as da Vinci, Donatello, Raphael, Botticelli, and Michelangelo, and Mannerist painters including El Greco, Pontormo, and Tintoretto. In Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance, artists pursued ancient classical ideals of harmony and naturalism, and in architecture, forms of perfection and grandeur. Mannerists, in the early 16th century, valued exaggeration, elongated figures, unnatural lighting, and vivid (even lurid) colors, to create more tension and emotion in their work. This stunning volume follows these two key movements in art history, providing authoritative background from a top scholar, rich cultural context, and a wealth of exquisite reproductions of period paintings, sculptures, churches, and palazzos. |
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| brunelleschi's pazzi chapel: From Filippo Lippi to Piero Della Francesca Pinacoteca di Brera, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2005 In doing so, it examines the art of Florence in the 1440s and the work of, among others, Fra Filippo Lippi, Domenico Veneziano, Luca della Robbia, and Michelozzo.--BOOK JACKET. |
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Filippo Brunelleschi - Wikipedia
Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi (1377 – 15 April 1446), commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi (/ ˌbruːnəˈlɛski / BROO-nə-LESK-ee; …
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The architect, sculptor, inventor and scientist Filippo Brunelleschi was a true innovator and genius of his time. He made an invaluable contribution to …
Filippo Brunelleschi - Wikipedia
Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi (1377 – 15 April 1446), commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi (/ ˌbruːnəˈlɛski / BROO-nə-LESK-ee; Italian: [fiˈlippo brunelˈleski]) and also …
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Discover the story of Filippo Brunelleschi, the Florentine father of the Renaissance and the genius engineer behind the Florence Cathedral’s incredible dome.
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Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), a Florentine architect and sculptor, can be credited for helping to create the Renaissance style in architecture. His original and daring ideas in architecture, …
