Analysis of the buildings:the structure,the distributional and compositional elements,the architectural vocabulary and the materialsIntroduction to the Roman architecture:works and types(temples, basilicas,baths)-The city of the fifteenth century:Urbino,Pienza,Ferrara,Florence,Vigevano,Milan-Ideal city and fortified city-The city palaces between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries-The villa in fifteenth and sixteenth centuries-Sacred space between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Bibliography:
In relation to the issues and the architects developed in the course, the chapters and sections on Architecture may be consulted in the following texts:
- L. Benevolo, Storia dell’architettura del Rinascimento, Roma-Bari 1988 (first ed. 1968).
- Arteviva, Firenze Giunti, last ed., forthcoming, voll. 2-3.
The architects and architectural works examined in the course may be studied thoroughly in the chapters of the following books:
- P. Gros, L’architettura romana. I monumenti pubblici dell'architettura romana, Milano Longanesi, 2001;
- Storia dell'Architettura Italiana. Il Quattrocento, edited by F. P. Fiore, Milano Electa, 1998;
- Storia dell'Architettura Italiana. Il primo Cinquecento, edited by A. Bruschi, Milano Electa, 2002;
- Storia dell'Architettura Italiana. Il secondo Cinquecento, edited by C. Conforti; R. Tuttle, Milano Electa, 2001;
- Storia dell'Architettura Italiana. Il Seicento, edited by A. Scotti, Milano Electa, 2003.
Architectural plans and images can also be found in:
- A. Furnari, Atlante del Rinascimento, Milano-Napoli Electa 1993;
Illustration of the constructive elements of historic buildings in different Italian regions can also be found in the “Manuali del recupero”. In particular see:
- Manuale del recupero del Comune di Roma, Roma 1989;
- Manuale del recupero del comune di Città di Castello, edited by F. Giovanetti, Roma 1992.
Other bibliographic widening will be specified by the teacher after the lessons.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
Primary knowledge regarding the Architectural History in Italy, from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth century; an introduction to the History of Roman Architecture (First B.C. - Third A.C. century).
C
ompetence acquired
Competence to describe the architectural building and its forms and to place the Architectures over time and space.
Skillfulness acquired at the end of the course:
Analysis and comprehension of styles and typological and constructive characters of historical buildings.
Teaching Methods
CFU: 6
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Type of Assessment
oral exame
Course program
The course aims to present an overview of the history of Italian Architecture from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, through the study of architecture and architects relevant to the main cultural centers of dissemination of architectural models. Particular attention will be paid to the description of the architectural language, of the building techniques and materials used to express the architectural “vocabulary”.
Some introductory lessons of the course, turned to the preparation of the students on the architectural organism also in its structural and material complexity, will be devoted to the examination of the structural, distributive and compositional elements and to the architectural language; the features of the Roman Architecture (First B.C. - Third A.C. century), with a synthetic analysis of some buildings and architectural typologies, will also take part of such introduction.
Topics covered in the course:
- Analysis of the buildings: the structure, the distributional and compositional elements, the architectural vocabulary and the materials
- Introduction to the Roman architecture: works and types (temples, basilicas, baths)
- The city of the fifteenth century: Urbino, Pienza, Ferrara, Florence, Vigevano, Milan
- Ideal city and fortified city: theory, practice and constructive solutions
- The city palaces between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: works, types and construction solutions
- The villa in fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: works, types and construction solutions
- Sacred space between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries: works, types and construction solutions
Architects and architecture:
These general arguments will be developed through the illustration of the works and writings of some architects such as:
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzo
- Leon Battista Alberti: "De re edificatoria" and the works
- Bernardo Rossellino
- Luciano Laurana
- Biagio Rossetti
- Francesco Di Giorgio Martini
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Giuliano da Sangallo
- Donato Bramante
- Raffaello Sanzio
- Baldassare Peruzzi
- Antonio da Sangallo the Elder
- Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
- Michelangelo
- Giorgio Vasari: the works and the "Lives"
- Andrea Palladio: the works and the "Four Books"
- The masters of the Baroque: Bernini, Borromini and Pietro da Cortona