Hierarchy of management that covers different levels of management
Introduction to renaissance period and architecture
1. INTRODUCTION TO RENAISSANCE
PERIOD AND ARCHITECTURE
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
SHIKHA PRAKASH & AISWARYA SUBASH
BARCH 19 A
DC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
3. RENAISSANCE
• THE WORD RENAISSANCE IS DERIVED FROM
THE LATIN WORD ‘RINASCERE’ WHICH MEANS
REBIRTH.
• IT’S BEGAN IN FLORENCE, ITALY IN 14TH
CENTURY.
• RENAISSANCE HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON
VARIOUS DISCIPLINES LIKE LITERATURE,
PAINTING,SCIENCE,EDUCATION AND
ARCHITECTURE.
LATE 14TH CENTURYCE THROUGH16TH CENTURY CE
26. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery
and explorationof new continents(India and
America).
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUSDISCOVERS AMERICA-1492
VASCO DA GAMALANDED IN INDIA ON 20MAY1498
27. Nicolaus Copernicus who formulated a
model of the universe that placed the
Sun rather than Earth at the center of the
universe.
30. Niccolò Machiavelli
3 May1469 – 21 June 1527)
An Italian Renaissance diplomat,philosopher
and writer, best known for The Prince (Il
Principe), written in 1513.
He has often been called the father of
modern political philosophy and political
science.
The general theme of The Prince is of
acceptingthat the aims of princes – such as
glory and survival – can justify the use of
immoral means to achieve those ends.
31. English lawyer, social philosopher, author,
statesman,and noted Renaissance humanist
SIR THOMAS MORE
He wrote Utopia,published in 1516,[10]which
describes the political system of an imaginary
island state.
32. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
A Dutch philosopher and Christian scholar who is widely
considered to have been one of the greatestscholarsof the
northern Renaissance
Erasmus was an importantfigure in classical
scholarshipwho wrote in a pure Latin style.
56. Introduction to reneissance architecture
The architectsof the Italian Renaissance soughttheir main inspirationfrom Greek and
Roman architecture- making liberal use of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders,combining
classicism with the new principles of Humanism upon which so much of Renaissance art .
They established the ideal proportionsfor a building, based on those of the idealized
human body. Architectureduringthe Renaissance was also closely associatedwith urban
planning and the dissemination of ideas.
Renaissance was also a multi-media event: thus,architecturewent hand in hand with
sculptureas well as mural painting.Furthermore,some of the best sculptors
(Michelangelo)and Old Masters(Raphael) became excellent architects.Leading
Renaissance ArchitectsThegreatestarchitectsof the Renaissance included: Filippo
Brunelleschi (1377-1446),LeonBattista Alberti(1404-1472),GiovanniGiocondo(1433-
1515),Giuliano da Sangallo (1443-1516),DonatoBramante(1444-1514),etc.
57.
58. QUATTROCENTO / EARLY RENAISSANCE
• In quattrocentothe conceptsof architecturalorderswhere explored and rules
were formulated.The study of classical antiquityled in particular to the adoptionof
classical detail and ornamentation.
• Space as an element of architecture,was utilized differently to the way it had
been in the Middle Ages. Space was organized by proportionallogic, its form and
rhythm subjectto Geometry, ratherthan being created by intuition as in mediaeval
buildings. The prime example of this is basilica di San Lourencoin Florence byPhilipo
Brunelleschi(1377-1446).
BASILICADI SAN LORENZO
59. HIGH RENAISSANCE
• During the High Renaissance, conceptsderived from classical and equity were
developed and used with greatersurety.
• The most representativeat architectis Bramante(1444-1514)who expanded the
ability of classicalarchitectureto contemporarybuildings.
• His San Pietro in Montorio(1503)was directly inspired by circular Roman
temples.
• He was however hardly a slave to the classical forms and it was his style that was
to dominate Italian architecturein the 16th century.
SAN PIETRO IN MONTORIO
60. MANNERISM/LATE RENAISSANCE
• During the mannerist period architectsexperimentedwith using architectural
forms to emphasize solid and spatial relationships.
• The Renaissance ideal of harmony gaveway to more free and more imaginative
rhythms.
• The best known architectsassociatedwith mannerist styles was Michelangelo
(1475-1564), whois credited with inventing the giant order, a large pilaster that stretches
from bottom to the top of the facade.
• He used this in his design for The Campidoglio in Rome.
• Prior to 20thcentury, the term mannerism have negativeconnotations,Butit is
now used to describe the historicalperiod in more generalnonjudgementalterms.
• Example: St. PetersBasilica
St. PetersBasilica
70. • Quatrocentro:Filippo Brunelleschi
• (1377-1446 CE) was an Italian Renaissance architect,
goldsmith, and sculptor, who is most famous for his work
on the cathedral of Florence and its impressive soaring
brick dome, completed in 1436 CE.
• Considered one of the founding fathers of Renaissance
architecture, Brunelleschi was particularly interested in
the study of linear perspective and achieving a harmonious
simplicity of form in buildings which also considered the
immediate environment in which they were constructed.
