Bramante's Tempietto
What treatise influenced bramantes central plan and circular shape? (tempietto)
Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria
What is the outer cylinder called? (tempietto)
Peristyle
What building is it inside (tempietto)
The San Pietro in montorio
When does he move to Rome (tempietto)
1499
What is on the top (tempietto)
A cross signifying the Christian purpose
Describe the centre of the building (tempietto)
A drum with alternating shell motif and rectangular concave niches
What surmounts the dome? (tempietto)
A lantern
What is the tempietto built as
A martyrium
What was the building initially supposed to be situated in (tempietto)
A round courtyard with another ring of columns
How do honour and Flemming describe the building? (tempietto)
A tholos surrounded by a colonnade of equally spaced Tuscan Doric columns bearing a flat entablature with metopes and triglyphs
What does the design of the Tempietto hint at
His design for St Peters
What is the inner cylinder called? (tempietto)
Cella
What buildings influenced the circularity of the tempietto?
Early christian martyria such as Santa Costanza
Who other than Alberti was interested in central plans (tempietto)
Filarete
What were the 3 architectural principals he follows (tempietto)
Firmitas, utilitas, venustas
What do honour and Flemming say the tempietto embody?
It embodied the idea of a free standing, centrally planned church crowned by a hemispherical dome
What is notable about he dome (tempietto)
It is hemispherical
Where is this building (tempietto)
Janiculum hill
Who commissioned the building (tempietto)
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of spain
What do the metopes contain? (tempietto)
Liturgical symbolism such as oil lamps, keys and chalices
What painting has the tempietto potentially influenced?
Marriage of the virgin, Raphael
Which two artists lived in his birth place (tempietto)
Pietro della Francesca and Andrea Mantegna
Which Roman Theorist suggests that Tuscan doric columns suggest masculinity and solidity (tempietto)
Serlio 'suitable for fortified places'
What building does Bramante go on to design that bears similarities to the tempietto
St Peter's basilica
What is the relevence of its location (tempietto)
St. Peter was crucified on janiculum hill
What does Vitruvius argue? (tempietto)
That a temples order should correspond to its dedication eg male gods tend to be doric
What does Alberti say in his treatise de re aedifictoria (tempietto)
The central plan is the most perfect
What painting was potentially influenced by the tempietto
The marriage of the Virgin, 1504
What building in Rome influenced the tempietto
The pantheon's hemispherical dome
What classical building in the roman forum possibly influenced him? (tempietto)
The temple of vesta, Rome
How do honour and Flemming describe the development of the tempietto?
The traditional circular form of early christian martyria was developed and transformed by Bramante by applying the classical vocabulary and symbolism of renaissance architectural theory
What is there interplay between (tempietto)
The upward movement of the columns and the curve of the building
What order is the peristyle? (tempietto)
Tuscan order which has connotations of masculinity, solidity and heritage
Where was Bramante born?
Urbino
Who influenced him most and what was his treatise (tempietto)
Vitruvius, the libri decem
What important Christian building is central plan and could have influenced Bramante (tempietto)
the Church of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
