Pazzi Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Croce

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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


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