Pazzi Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Croce
Built
-Corinthian columns -punctuated with relief clay sculptures -pioneered the tactic of closed top domes, using herringbone method -the central dome is decorated with round sculptures and the coat of arms of Pazzi Family -The size of the chapel was predetermined by existing walls -between the pilasters in the transept the, are tall, blank, round headed panels and, above them, roundels, common Renaissance decorative motifs -articulate, everything white on the inside
bearing masonry
-The building also used bearing masonry in its construction, which is mason units or concrete blocks with lime and man made adhesives to stick them together
Materials
-inlaid marble, terracotta tiles
Date
1432
The Pazzi Chapel shows careful attention to geometry in its plan and construction which echoes the great buildings of . . .
Ancient Rome.
Artist:
Brunelleschi
central plan
Central-plan building. any structure designed with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas on each side
Location
Florance
Brunelleschi
Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)
Patrons
Pazzi family; showing how wealthy they are, no ulterior motives
Petra Serena
a grayish green stone that articulates the decorative elements on the walls - and the space and the clumience a perect geomentry
The Pazzi Chapel was part of the Church of Santa Croce and it was used as . . .
a meeting room
when was it completed?
after his death
what does it look like?
ancheint roman temple - close to something like the panteon creates classmism and ideas od of anciet trove
cloister
bench, chapter house
This chapel is unusual for its time in that its plan is very close to a ______________ with a strong sense of geometry and order.
central plan
function
chapter house: meeting room of monks of Santa Croce
Which of the following features are typical of Brunelleschi's architecture?
circles, rectangles and squares, pietra serena stone
innovation
inclosed dome
form
long walls, hempispherical dome (oculus in center, windows piercing its sides)--> creates light