Works of the Founding Father of Renaissance , Fillipo Brunelleschi Includes Florence Cathedral, Pazzi Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo.

1. EARLY RENAISSANCE
HISTORY
SEM-IV
Kush Shah
Kairav Mehta
Yash Suthar
Preet Patel
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2. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI
ITALIAN DESIGNER
Filippo Brunelleschi was an Italian designer and a key figure in architecture,
recognised to be the first modern engineer, planner and sole construction
supervisor. He was one of the founding fathers of the Renaissance.
Born: 1377, Florence, Italy
Died: 15 April 1446, Florence, Italy
Periods: Early Renaissance, Renaissance
Known for: Architecture, sculpture, mechanical engineering
Buried: Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy
Work:
 Florence Cathedral
 Brunelleschi’s Dome
 Basilica di San Lorenzo
 Pazzi Chapel
 Palazzo Pitti
 Santa Croce, Florence
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Cathedral of Florence
Florence, Italy

4. INTRODUCTION
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore or
Cathedral of Florence is the main church of
Florence, Italy.
Its construction begun in 1296 in the Gothic
style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and
completed structurally in 1436 with the
dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.
The cathedral complex is located in Piazza
del Duomo.
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Florence Cathedral Giotto’s Bell Tower Bapistery
FACADE & CONTEXT

6. Plan and Structure
The cathedral of Florence is built as a basilica having a wide central nave of
four square bays, with an aisle on both side.
The chancel and transepts are of identical polygnal plan, separated by two
smaller polygonal chapels. The whole plan forms a Latin cross.
The nave and aisles are separated by wide pointed Gothic arches resting
on composite piers.
The dimensions of the building are enormous:
i. Length- 153m
ii. Width- 38m
iii. Width at the crossing- 90m
iv. The Height of Arches in the aisles- 23m
The Height of the Dome- 114.5m
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Plan

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Longitudinal Section Section

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A
B
C
D
E F
G A-Middle Door
B-South Door
C-North Door
D-Bell Tower
E-Bale Door
F-Almond Door
G-Canon’s Door

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Construction of Dome
Placement of BRICKS

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INTERIORS
The centre nave is created by great
Gothic vaults resting on wide arches
that divide the space in to four
square bays, giving a more classical
than Gothic harmony to the
structure.
Three aspes, separated by the two
sacristies, open into the transept,
each one divided into five chapels.
The chapel behind the high altar
contains Ghiberti’s masterpiece of
goldsmithery: the Urn of St.Zanobus

12. MATERIALS
12Marble Brick

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Pazzi Chapel
Florence, Italy

14. INTRODUCTION
• A Small domed chapel commissioned by
the Pazzi family to serve as a Franciscan
chapel and meeting space.
• Italian Renaissance style, with its
expressive interplay of solids and voids,
was the first step toward an architecture
that led eventually to the baroque
• The building has a central dome plan and
a narthex or porc, recalling early Christian
configurations
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15. OVERVIEW
• WHEN WAS IT BUILT??
• 1429 to 1461
• Design commenced in 1429
• Chapel was begun after 1442
although an agreement with
Brunelleschi was made more
than a decade earlier
• Brunellschi died four years later
in 1448
• Final dome completed the
construction in 1461
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WHERE WAS IT BUILT??
• Florence Italy in the grounds of the
Florentine Church of Santa Croce.

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DRAWINGS
• A hemispherical dome
covers a central square,
which is extended on
either side so that the
square forms the centre of
a rectangle
• The minor spatial
compartment, opening off
a third side of the main
square, is a corresponding
square APSE covered by a
dome and containing the
altar.
DOME :
• Completed after Brunelleschi's death
following his plans
• Cylindrical cupola with its delicate
LANTERN was added to the top of the
chapel only in 1461.
• Twelve-ribbed hemispherical Dome on
pendentives above a square
Apse: a semicircular projecting part of a
building, especially the east end of a
church that contains the altar.
Pendentives: A triangular section of
vaulting between the rim of a dome
and
each adjacent pair of the arches that
support it.

17. • The central round arch of the
porch frames the main door of
the chapel, set deeply into the
shadows
• The Roman framed arch motif - a
round arch flanked by columns
that support an entablature - in a
rational, clear spatial
arrangement.
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EXTERIOR
FACADE
• Slender Corinthian
columns support an
entablature that is
regularly divided into
squares
PORTICO
• The portico was built after Brunelleschi's death
corresponds to his design.
• The portico serves to "filter" the light coming in from
the outside, which merges with the light from the
dome (the light from the heaven), creating a uniform
illumination.
• The enamel terracottas surrounding the dome are by
Luca della Robbia

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INTERIOR
• Arch motif of the portico is repeated in
the inside dome.
• The dome rests on the barrel vaulting
of the two side windows, the
pendentives have medallions
representing the four Evangelists.
• Corinthian pilasters serve to unite the
four walls to the side bays.
• The floorplan is in the form of a
rectangle surmounted by a central
cupola.
• Ratio of length to width
is 1:2, the altar recess is 1:1

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MATERIALS
• Severely restrained, made of the gray
stone called pietra serena and white
plaster, unrelieved by color.
• The harmonious pietra
serena grey stone
pilasters, oculi, dome ribs
and corbels contrast
cooly with the white
stuccoed .
STONE
FRESCOES
STUCCO
STAINED GLASS
GLAZED TERRACOTTA

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SAN LORENZO
Florence, Italy

21. INTRODUCTION
• The basilica of San Lorenzo is one of
the largest churches of Florence,
Italy.
• Situated at the center of the city’s
main market.
• The project was begun around 1419
and completed 1740.
oArchitectural Styles- Romanesque
&
Renaissance
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• The attempt to create a proportional relationship between nave and aisle.
• Aisle bays are square whereas nave bays are 2x 1.
Plan

23. The use of proper proportions for the height of the columns.
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Elevations

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•The use of an integrated system of
column, arches, entablatures.
•The use of spherical segments in
the vaults of the side aisles.
INTERIORS

25. THANK YOU
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