Architecture of the 15th-16th Centuries I

Code:

FLUP0155

Acronym:

AQ15-1

Instance: 2003/2004 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HA	52	Official Study Plan - LHA	2	2,5	5	-
		Official Study Plan - LHA	2	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	2	2,5	5	-

Program

1. Architectonic theory
Inspiration in the model of the Classical Antiquity. New formulations: order, column, arch, vault, ornamental elements.
2. Architects
Filippo Brunelleschi: the cupula of the Florence Cathedral, the churches of St. Lawrence and of the Holy Spirit, tthe Chapel of the Pazzi.
Leon Battista Alberti: the importance of the "De Re Aedificatoria" agreement. New proposals. Interventions in the facade of the church of Santa Maria Novella, in the church of Rimini, in the sepulcher of Rucellai and in the churches of St. Sebastian and St Andrew of Mantova.
Donato Bramante: changes in the 16th-century architecture. Importance of the Papacy in Rome and in the construction of the Basilica of S. Peter. Interventions of Bramante in Milan and in Rome. Programme of St. Peter. The triumph of the central plant.
Peruzzi, Sangallo, Rafael: continuators and reformulators of the initial project.
Michelangelo: the resurgence of Bramante's initial plan. Construction of S. Peter's cupula. Consecration of the Capitoline Square. The Laurenciana Library, the beginning of mannerism in architecture.

Main Bibliography

ALBERTI, Leon Battista - De Re Aedificatoria, Milano, 1966
BENEVOLO, Leonardo - Storia dell’ Architettura del Rinascimento, Roma Laterza, 1978
GIEDION, S. - Espacio, tiempo y arquitectura, Barcelona, 1968
PORTOGHESI, Paolo - Architettura del Rinascimento a Roma, Milão, Electa Editrice, 1978
TAFURI, Manfredo - L’ Architettura dell’ umanesino, Bari, Laterza, 1972
WITTKOWER, Rudolf - Sobre la arquitectura en la edad del Humanismo, Barcelona, Gustavo Gili, 1979
WÖLFFLIN, E. - Renacimiento y Barroco, Madrid, 1978