1. Architecture...
• ...the art of designing
and constructing
buildings.
• Architecture
often tells about
what is important in society.

2. I. Medieval Architecture
• Style - “Gothic”
• Gothic Churches had tall spires...

3. • …large stained glass windows and many
vertical lines.
• The purpose of Middle Ages architecture
was to honor God.

4. II. Renaissance Architecture
• Style - old ideas used in new ways
• Horizontal lines instead of vertical

5. • Domes instead of tall spires.
• Small round windows
instead of stained
glass.

6. • Arches - curved
openings
• Vaults - a series of
arches joined together.
• Column - a cylinder
shaped block of stone.
• Purpose was to show
that man and his
world are important.

7. The Cathedral of
Santa Maria
• This great
Cathedral was
completed in
1296 in
Florence,
except...

8. • …it did not
have a dome!
For 124 years the
Cathedral of Santa
Maria had been an
embarrassment for the
city of Florence as no
architect in could be
found capable of
building a dome to
complete this
magnificent church.

9. • The last great dome, the Pantheon was built by
the Ancient Romans.
• The secret of how to build such a dome had
been lost for over 1,000 years.
Our story of the building of the great dome of Santa
Maria begins in 1401 with a contest...

10. • In 1401 a contest was held in Florence
to choose an artist to create a pair of
beautiful bronze doors for the
Baptistry.
• The two finalists were
Lorenzo Ghiberti and
Filippo Brunelleschi.
• The winner was Lorenzo Ghiberti

11. • “The Doors of
Paradise”
by Lorenzo
Ghiberti

13. • In 1419, a contest
was held to
build the
dome.
• The winner was…
• Both men!!

14. • Brunelleschi’s secret was using the old Roman
idea of arches.
• Work began in 1420 and was completed in 1436.