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Campidoglio
Architect: Michaelangelo Location:Rome between the forum and campus martius one of the 7 hills of rome Reversal of direction towards Church rather than Roman forum Colossal order (columns or order than spans more than 2 stories)
Sant' Andrea
Considered 1 of alberti's complete works facade based on ancient arch of Titus large central arch flanked by corinthian pilasters correspondence between facade and interior elevations integration of a lower order fluted Corinthian columns, w a gian order nave roofed by a barrel vault 15th century humanism
Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
The church of Sant'Andrea, an important example of Roman Baroque architecture, was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini with Giovanni de'Rossi Circular plan
Piazza of St Peter's square
The colossal Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini At the center of the ovato tondo stands an Egyptian obelisk of red granite, 25.5 metres tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 metres to the cross on its top. The obelisk was originally erected at Heliopolis, Egypt, by an unknown pharaoh. The paving is varied by radiating lines in travertine, to relieve what might otherwise be a sea of cobblestones.
white house washington d.c.
The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style competition President Washington visited Charleston, South Carolina in May 1791 on his "Southern Tour", and saw the under-construction Charleston County Courthouse designed by Irish architect James Hoban. classical inspiration sources, that could be found directly or indirectly in the Roman architect Vitruvius or in Andrea Palladio styles; Palladio being an Italian architect of the Renaissance which had a considerable influence on the Western architecture (Palladian architecture)
Campanile san marco
The initial 9th-century construction, initiated during the reign of Pietro Tribuno and built on Roman foundations,[1] was used as a watch tower or lighthouse for the dock,
Santa Maria Delle Grazie
The main architect, Guiniforte Solari, Mural of the last supper is in this church Church is in Milan Italy
Queen's House
architect was Inigo Jones Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, being the first consciously classical building to have been constructed in the country. for Anne of Denmark, the queen of King James I
Bridge at Coalbrookdale (The Iron Bridge)
bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England significant because it was a bridge that expressed the industrial revolution. steel/iron was huge in the industrial revolution, it allowed it the industrial revolution and continued it (by arch which allowed boats to cross) architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard
St Peter's nave and facade
by Carlo Maderno Maderno was forced to modify Michelangelo's plans for the Basilica and provide designs for an extended nave with a palatial façade. The façade (completed 1612) is constructed to allow for Papal blessings from the emphatically enriched balcony above the central door.
Villa barbaro
by Palladio The ground floor plan is complex - rectangular with perpendicular rooms on a long axis, the central block projects and contains the principal reception room. The central block, which is designed to resemble the portico of a Roman temple, is decorated by four Ionic columns, a motif which takes its inspiration from the Temple of Fortuna Virilis in Rome. The central block is surmounted by a large pediment with heraldic symbols of the Barbaro family in relief.[6 The central block is flanked by two symmetrical wings. The wings have two floors but are fronted by an open arcade. Usually Palladio designed the wings to provide functional accommodation for agricultural use.
barriers
claude ledoux
Cornaro Chapel
designed by BERNINI in rome is the central sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. It was designed and completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the leading sculptor of his day, who also designed the setting of the Chapel in marble, stucco and paint.
St. Paul's covent garden
designed by Inigo Jones create "houses and buildings fitt for the habitacons of Gentlemen and men of ability"
Villa Capra
designed by andrea palladio This and all other rooms were proportioned with mathematical precision according to Palladio's own rules of architecture which he published in the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura. The design reflected the humanist values of Renaissance architecture. In order for each room to have some sun, the design was rotated 45 degrees from each cardinal point of the compass. The design is for a completely symmetrical building having a square plan with four facades, each of which has a projecting portico
Hill House charles mackintosh
designed by charles rennie Mackintosh The requirements and non-traditional taste of the client allowed Mackintosh full rein for his design ideas. The completely asymmetrical construction forms different roof levels and shapes, and also records Mackintosh's appreciation for A. W. N. Pugin's picturesque utility where the exterior contour evolves from the interior planning
villa foscari (malcontenta)
designed by palladio located in venice he interior of the villa is richly decorated with frescoes is raised on a pedestal, which is characteristic of Palladio's villas; this pedestal is more massive than most of Palladio's villas
St. Mark's Basilica
detailed mosaics inside located in venice specifically piazza san marco
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
in Rome, Italy. The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini It is an iconic masterpiece of Baroque architecture
78 derngate
interior by mackintosh
Pitt Rivers
is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England
Bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve
is a public and university library in Paris architect Henri Labrouste
Ca d'Oro
palace on the grand canal in venice One of the older palaces in the city, it is known as Ca' d'Oro ("golden house") due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls. The architects of the Ca d'Oro were Giovanni Bon and his son Bartolomeo Bon. built in the Bon's Venetian floral Gothic style
Monticello
primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Neoclassical house inspired by the architect Andrea Palladio built in 1726-9 in London. Thomas Jefferson designed this
Hampton Court
royal palace in Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, Cardinal Wolsey
Ca Rezzonico
s a palazzo on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy. For this purpose he employed Baldassarre Longhena, the greatest proponent of Venetian Baroque, a style slowly replacing the Renaissance and Palladian architectural style of such palazzi as (its near neighbour) Palazzo Balbi and Palazzo Grimani built over 100 years previously. The design was for a three-story marble façade facing the canal.
Banqueting house
the grandest and best known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting house and the only remaining component of the Palace of Whitehall in London. The building is important in the history of English architecture as the first structure to be completed in the neo-classical style, which transformed English architecture. architect Inigo Jones. Jones had spent time in Italy studying the architecture evolving from the Renaissance and that of Andrea Palladio,
Paddington Station
train station in london Isambard
Tempio Malatestiano
unfinished church in Rimini Italy Leon Alberti Book (ten books on arch) focuses on mathematical principles to achieve perfection of proportion in arch design
Crystal Palace
was a cast-iron and plate-glass structure originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton
Ospedale Degli Innocent
Designed by Brunelleschi originally an orphanage early high renaissance arch. 9 arches coming from columns of the composite order design was based on classical roman, italian romanesque and late gothic architecture desire for regularity and geometric order became an important element in renaissance arch clear sense of proportion in the building
Campanile at Florence cathedral
Designed by Giotto. Free standing part of the complex of buildings that make up the Florence Cathedral Florentine gothic architecture w/ it's design by Giotto rich sculptural decorations and polychrome marble encrustations four polygonal buttresses @ the corners these 4 vertical lines are crossed by 4 horizontal lines dividing the tower in 5 levels Giotto was arnolfo's successor and concentrated his energy on the design of the tower. applied perspective and chiaroscuro instead of strict linear drawing hexagonal panels- depicts history of mankind Lozenges
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
(Medici family palace) designed by Michelozzo di Barolmeo for Cosimo de Medici stone masonry classical roman principles and brunelleschian principles triparte elevation used here expresses the Renaissance spirit of rationality, order, and classicism on human side building looks lighter the higher up you look
Exposition Universelle
1889 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, an event considered symbolic of the beginning of the French Revolution The main symbol of the Fair was the Eiffel Tower, which served as the entrance arch to the Fair
Petit Trianon
A.J. Gabriel The château of the Petit Trianon is a celebrated example of the transition from the Rococo style of the earlier part of the 18th century, to the more sober and refined, Neoclassical style of the 1760s and onward.
Palazzo Rucellai
Alberti, located in Florence landmark renaissance palace facade designed by alberti structural elements of ancient rome are replicated different classical orders reminiscent of the colosseum
Foundling Hospital roundels
Andrea della Robbia did the glazed blue terra-cotta roundels w relies of babies which suggest function of the building
Altes Museum
Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel Berlin, Germany
Vaux Le Vicomte
Architect: Louis Le Vau landscape:André Le Nôtre Painter:Charles Le Brun
Sindone Chapel
Baroque-style Roman Catholic chapel in Turin in northern Italy Architect: Guarino Guarini The chapel was constructed to house the Shroud of Turin (Sindone di Torino), a religious relic believed by many to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth.
Santa Maria della Fiore "Il Duomo"
Begun by arnolfo di cambio/gothic style/dome by brunelleschi Gothic architecture
Palazzo Strozzi
Benedetto Da Maiano -designer inspired by the Palazzo Medici, but with more harmonious proportions millioned pair windows radiating voussoirs of the arches increase in length as they rise to the keystone
Rialto Bridge
Bridge in Venice Italy spanning the grand canal The present stone bridge, a single span designed by Antonio da Ponte, was finally completed in 1591
Pazzi Chapel
Brunelleschi Plan based on simple geometric forms the square and circle facades main inspo=santa maria novella funded by Pazzi family
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Burial place of all the principal member of the Medici family attempt to create proportional relationship between nave and aisle
cenotaph
Cenotaph for Isaac Newton, Etienne Louis Boullee
house of parliament palace of westminister
Charles Barry and A. W. N. Pugin, London uses the Perpendicular Gothic style, which was popular during the 15th century and returned during the Gothic revival of the 19th century.
Château de Chenonceau
Chenonceaux, France French château spanning the River Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux designs by the French Renaissance architect Philibert de l'Orme
St Peter's Basilica
Designed Principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, The basilica is cruciform in shape, with an elongated nave in the Latin cross form but the early designs were for a centrally planned structure and this is still in evidence in the architecture St peter is believed to be buried on the site there has been a church there since the 4th century Donato Bramante's design was selected his plan was in the form of an enormous greek cross
Cortile Del Belvedere
Designed by Donato Bramante Courtyard in Vatican palace in rome high renaissance courtyard design influential for years to come
Villa Valmarana
Designed by Palladio is a Renaissance villa situated in Lisiera,
Scala Regia
Flight of steps in the Vatican city and is the formal entrance to the vatican It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the younger Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Félix Duban
Chateau de Versailles
Inspired by the architecture of baroque Italian villas, but executed in the French classical style, the garden front and wings were encased in white cut ashlar stone known as the enveloppe in 1661-1678. The exterior features an arcaded, rusticated ground floor, supporting a main floor with round-headed windows divided by reliefs and pilasters or columns. Louis Le Vau& Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Palazzo Pitti
Lucca Fancelli-architect arch headed apertures, reminiscent of a Roman aqueduct
Porta Pia
Michelangelo, Rome A gate in the Aurelian walls of Rome Pope's civic improvements at the time Michelangelo was concerned with creating picturesque and dramatic facades to fulfill it's important symbolic function as an entrance to Rome.
Laurentian Library
Michelangelo, an example of Mannerism Library for Medici family to prove that they were no longer merchants but intellectuals stairs were important feature vestibule (ricetto) reading room
Ponte Vecchio
Neri Di Fioravanti designed it it is over the arno river in florence the shops along it was originally occupied by butchers
Baptistery of Santa maria del fiore
Octagonal Baptistery Florentine romanesque style renewed for its 3 sets of bronze doors w relief sculptures a lot of notable renaissance figures baptized here octagon common shape for baptisteries #8 is symbol of regeneration in Christianity
Palazzo Farnese
One of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome Architects:Michaelangelo (Facade,main courtyard), antonio da sangallo the younger, Pope paul III, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola More mannerist than high renaissance now french embassy in Rome
Palazzo Strozzi courtyard
Simone del Pollaoilio Central courtyard surrounded by an arcade inspired by Michelozzo
Baptistery doors
South doors= andrea pisano North&east doors =ghiberti east doors dubbed "gates of paradise" by Michelangelo used principles of perspective to give depth to his compositions took ghiberti 27 years to complete
The Primitive Hut
The Primitive Hut has become a shorthand statement of principle that defines essential elements of architecture. Often, the phrase is "Laugier's Primitive Hut." Marc-Antoine Laugier (1713-1769) was a French Jesuit priest who rejected the opulence of Baroque architecture prevalent in his lifetime. He outlined his theory about what architecture should be in the 1753 Essai sur l'architecture. According to Laugier, all architecture derives from three essential elements: The column The entablature The pediment
Salines de Chaux
The architect was Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), a prominent Parisian architect of the time The work is an important example of an early Enlightenment project in which the architect based his design on a philosophy that favored arranging buildings according to a rational geometry and a hierarchical relation between the parts of the project.
Eiffel tower
The main symbol of the Fair was the Eiffel Tower, which served as the entrance arch to the Fair Victor Contamin (1840-1893) was a French structural engineer, an expert on the strength of materials such as iron and steel. He is known for the Galerie des machines of the Exposition Universelle (1889) in Paris.
Chateau de Chambord
The original design of the Château de Chambord is attributed, though with some doubt, to Domenico da Cortona hunting lodge of francis I, main residence was Bloise The layout is reminiscent of a typical castle with a keep, corner towers, and defended by a moat. Built in Renaissance style, the internal layout is an early example of the French and Italian style of grouping rooms into self-contained suites, a departure from the medieval style of corridor rooms Pierre Nepevau -stone mason
Chateau at Blois
The residence of several French kings Architect: François Mansart
Palazzo Vecchio
Town Hall of florence Italy Oldest part of the Palazzo designed by Arnolfo Di Cambio Secure and defensible in times of turbulence wanted to ensure that it would never be rebuilt on the site 1st courtyard was designed by Michelozzo. The dolphin squirts water out from the bobli gardens Torre di Arnolfo did the tower
Villa Giulia
Villa in Rome, Italy Renaissance façade by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola. image: portico most delicate examples of mannerist architecture he Villa itself was on the threshold between two worlds, that of the city and that of the country, an essentially Roman concept. It has at its centre the triple rhythm of a richly detailed rusticated triumphal arch flanked by symmetrical wings of two bays only. The facade is terminated at each end by Doric pilasters.
Medici Tombs
Within san Lorenzo designed by Michelangelo
Basilica Palladiana
a Renaissance building in the central Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza, north-eastern Italy. The most notable feature of the edifice is the loggia, which shows one of the first examples of what have come to be known as the Palladian window, designed by a young Andrea Palladio,
St Peter's Baldacchino
a large baroque sculpted bronze canopy over the high alter baroque By gian lorenzo bernini intended to mark the tomb of st peter
Piazza della Signora
an L shaped square in front of the palazzo vecchio Focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine republic & still maintains its rep as the political hub of the city gathering place of people
Sant'Ivo della Sapienza
architect Francesco Borromini, the church is a masterpiece of Roman Baroque architecture.
Tempietto at San Pietro
is a small commemorative tomb (martyrium) built by Donato Bramante, possibly as early as 1502, in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio. Also commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella, the Tempietto is considered a masterpiece of High Renaissance Italian architecture. located in Rome
Glasgow school of art
mackintosh
Willow Tearooms
mackintosh
queen's cross church
mackintosh
Blenheim Palace
monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence of the dukes of Marlborough, and the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. architect Sir John Vanbrugh. Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style
Palazzo del Te
palace in the suburbs of Mantua Italy Example of Mannerism Giulio Romano.
Piazza San Marco
principle public square of venice
Chiswick house
Chiswick House is a Palladian villa the house was designed by Lord Burlington
Palazzo de Bargello
It was a palace 1st built to house the capitano del Puopolo and then later the Podesta. Served as a building model of the Palazzo vecchio The Medici got rid of the pedestal and house the bargello (chief of police) employed as a prison executions took place in the yard until they were abolished building is designed around an open courtyard w/ an external staircase leading to the 2nd floor an open well is found in the center of the courtyard