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CRP 211 Midterm 2 Dandekar Renaissance, Baroque, Reconstruction of Rome and Paris

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- 1—Renaissance Built Form

- 2—Renaissance Painting and Sculpture

- 3THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIODS (General Time Frames)--Early Renaissance 1400-1500
--Later Renaissance 1500-1600
--Baroque 1600-1750
--Rococo and Neo-classical 1750-1900 - 4What is the Renaissance known for?-New appreciation of thought and art of classical Greece and Rome
-Value of nature and history
-Humanism -- interest in the individual and the human capacity to learn
-Revolution in sciences
-Exploration and discoveries
-Achievements in literature, architecture, art
-importance on individual expression - 5THE RENAISSANCE: DETERMINANTS OF URBAN FORM -Environmental Factors -Culture and Religion -Social and Economic FactorsENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
--Resources (coal, wood, metal ore, marble, timber.......) --Topography – varied
CULTURE AND RELIGION --Revival of humanistic values
--Importance of history and heritage --The church still powerful
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS
-- Powerful city-states and families, cultural elite (artists and architects)
-- Division on liberal and mechanical arts
(artists and artisans)
-- Banking - 6Technology in Renaissance-New military tech (gunpowder and cannon)
-Printing Press
-Printed publications of Vitruvius
-Influx of Greek and Roman scholars and artists to Italy
-Fortifications
- 7—Renaissance, epicenter of movement in Florence

- 8—The Renaissance
Public Places
Squares
1. Traffic Squares
Place de I'Etoile, Paris
- 9—The Renaissance
Public Places
Squares
1. Traffic Squares
Piccadilly Square, London
- 10—The Renaissance
Public Places
Squares
1. Pedestrian Squares
St. Peter's Square, Rome
- 11—The Renaissance
Public Places
Squares
1. Pedestrian Squares
Piazza della Signoria, Florence
- 12—The Renaissance
Public Places
Squares
1. Pedestrian Squares
Piazza San Marco, Venice
- 13—The Renaissance
Public Places
Squares
1. Residential Squares
Place de Vendome, Paris
- 14Renaissance Square vs Medieval SquareRen: Discipline and Order
Med: Irregularity and informality
- 15Renaissance Monuments and Public Structures Symbols of historic and cultural heritage§ Church
§ Town hall
§ Bank
§ Museum
§ Library
§ Monastery
§ Orphanage
§ Theater - 16—The cathedral, the Duomo, was begun at the end of the 13th century by Arnolfo di Cambio.
The dome, which dominates the exterior, was added in the 15th century on a design of Filippo Brunelleschi.
- 17—The Renaissance
Private Spaces
-Single family residences
-Townhouses
-Second homes / weekend homes
- 18—The Renaissance
Streets
-The Primary Straight Street
important component of Renaissance urbanism
- 19—The Renaissance
Examples of Primary Streets
Paris on the left, Berlin on right
- 20—The Renaissance
THE GRIDIRON
Important element of Renaissance design
- 21—The Renaissance
THE GRIDIRON
Example, grid pattern in the restructure areas
In Vienna,
- 22—The Renaissance
Fortifications
Is a part of Renaissance and Baroque cities
- 23—The Renaissance
Turin, Italy
- 24—The Renaissance
Aesthetic Consideration
Vista/Axis
- 25—The Renaissance
Aesthetic Consideration
Symmetry/Proportion/Balance
-About an axial line
- 26—The Renaissance
Siena, Italy
Piazza del Campo
- 27—The Renaissance
Siena, Italy
Piazza del Campo
- 28—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Origin, 200 BC
- 29—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Origin, 200 BC
Piazza del Duomo
- 30—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Origin, 200 BC
Piazza della Signoria
- 31—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Origin, 200 BC
Palazzo Vecchio
- 32—The Renaissance
Venice, Italy
Town layout with medieval structure
- 33—The Renaissance
Venice, Italy
Town layout with medieval structure
Piazza San Marko
- 34—The Renaissance
Ceske Budejovice (XIII C.), Czeck Republic
Town Square
- 35—The Renaissance
Cesky Krumlov (XIII C.), Czeck Republic
Town Square
- 36Renaissance Architectural Milestones-- Baptistery doors of the Cathedral in Florence (Ghiberti, 1401)
-- Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (Brunelleschi, 1430s)
- 37—Renaissance Architectural Milestones
Baptistery doors of the Cathedral in Florence
-The commission for the first set of doors was awarded to Pisano in 1330 and they were completed in 1336.
1401, the guild of wool merchants announced a competition for the second. A bronze panel depicting Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac was to be prepared.
-Brunelleschi on the left, Ghiberti on right
- 38—Renaissance Architectural Milestones
Dome on Santa Maria del Fiore
By Bruncelleschi
In Florence, Italy
- 39RENAISSANCE URBAN DESIGN EXAMPLES IN FLORENCE-Piazza della Signoria
-Piazza degli Uffizi
-Piazza Annunziata
-All are connected and integrated with each other - 40—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Piazza della Signoria post Medieval
Signoria means lordship
Is also the place of government for florence
- 41—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Piazza della Uffici
- 42—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Ponte Vecchio
- 43—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Boboli Gardens
- 44—The Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Piazza Della Santissima Annunziata
In the center behind horse is Church Santissima Annunizata, on the right is The Foundling Hospital made by Brunelleschi
Is also a good example of Renaissance buildings
- 45—The Renaissance
Rome, Italy
Campidoglio (Capitol Hill)
- 46—The Renaissance
Rome, Italy
Redesign of Campidoglio (Capitol Hill)
Redesign by Michelangelo Buonarote
Left is before, right is after redesign
- 47Leonardo Da VinciDesigned urban homes, and thought about solutions for urban problems like having artificial land

- 48RENAISSANCE URBAN DESIGNERS,ROMAN ARCHITECT VITRUVIUS ( 1 BC)
--De Architectura (Books on Architecture and Urban Design theory)
-- Radial Concentric form, enclosed with octagonal defensive walls, eight radial streets leading to towers, not city gates.
LEON BATISTA ALBERTI (1402-1472)
--The first theoretician of city planning in the Renaissance period
--Twelve books on architecture and related aspects of architecture and urban design. - 49—RESTRUCTURING OF THE IMPERIAL ROME

- 50—RESTRUCTURING OF THE IMPERIAL ROME
By Pope Sixtus V's architect - Domenico Fontana
Added obliques to invite pilgrims to visit and to guide them to the places he wanted them to visit
- 51—RESTRUCTURING OF THE IMPERIAL ROME
Imperial on left, restructured on right
- 52Comparing RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUERenaissance
-Order
-Symmetry
-Repose
-Permanence
-Space: Finite
Baroque
-Order
-Symmetry
-Movement
-Immediate Reaction
-Space: Infinite - 53Baroque: Urban Design ExamplesSt. Peter's Square, Rome
Piazza Navona, Rome
Piazza di Spagna, Rome
Piazza del Popolo, Rome
Piazza San Marko, Venice - 54—Baroque
Piazza Navona, Rome
Finished by Bernini
- 55—Baroque
Piazza di Spagna and Spanish Steps
- 56—Baroque
Piazza del Popolo
Restructuring started in
early 1500s and was completed in early 1800s.
- 57—Baroque
Piazza San Marco, Venice
- 58DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES DURING THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIOD--Renaissance cities were created mainly through the transformation of Mediaeval towns
-Revision of the old city layout by opening up new streets and public spaces
-Addition of new sections to the city
-Creation of new elements –>monuments
-Fortification system
- 59—DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES DURING THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIOD
-Ideal Cities
--Mostly unattainable
intellectual exercise
Palma Nova by Scamozzi
- 60—Renaissance and Baroque
ROMAN ARCHITECT VITRUVIUS ( 1 BC)
--De Architectura (Books on Architecture and Urban Design theory)
LEON BATISTA ALBERTI (XV Century AD)
--The first theoretician of city planning in the Renaissance period
- 61—Renaissance and Baroque
New Cities
-- Strategic military in origin
-- New capitol cities
Ex of a new capitol:
Saint Petersburg (Petrograd/Leningrad) 1703
- 62General Characteristics of Renaissance and Baroque--Distinction between
-the main street where public buildings were centered and secondary streets
-the zone of governance and the zone o of productive activity
--Aesthetic determination and rules applied to design of individual structures, three-dimensional massing and spatial arrangements
--Grandeur in public buildingsof the historic heritage qPublic squares, gardens
--Gridiron street pattern in expansion areas
--Beginnings of the separation of place for work and living and introduction of structures for new uses - 63The legacy of Renaissance and BaroqueSome are lost, some we try to recapture
(old on the bottom)
- 64—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Top: Gallic Settlement (Ile de la Cite, 1 BC)
Lower: Roman Settlement (South of Seine, 2 AD)
- 65—Paris and its Urban Transformations
1. Gallic Settlement
2. Roman Settlement
3. Roman Town
4. Wall (1-3c.)
5. Wall (1180-1210)
6. Wall(1337-1380); (1368- 1422)
7. Wall (1601-1643)
8. Boundaries of Paris (1710- 1774
- 66—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Upper: Paris in 1300s
-Medieval walled city
-Circle is The Louvre Palace
Middle: Paris in 1600s
-Green box is Tuileries Garden
Lower: Paris in 1740
-Added line is Grand Boulevard
- 67—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Main Developments
-Tuileries Gardens extension (XVI C.) d.
-Grand Boulevards (XVII C.) f
-Champs Elysees -- extension from the Avenue des Tuileries to Place de l’Etoile (XVII C. to mid XIX C.) and later beyond
-The Arc de Triomphe in the center of Place de l’Etoile (XIX C.) e
-Place de la Concorde (XVIII C.) h
-The Bastille (medievalfortress)g
-The Louvre (XII C. fortress, XIV C. Royal Palace) c
- 68—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Main Developments
Champs Elysees
-extension from the Tuileries to
Place de l’Etoile and beyond
- 69—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Main Developments
Place Vendome
Buildings designed by Mansart
--Original statue of Louis XIV (which kept building height lower then 54’) was replaced by an obelisk (144’) in 1810
- 70—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Main Developments
Place de la Concorde
(Originally called the Place Louis XV)
- 71—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Main Developments
-The Arc de Triomphe in the center of Place de L’Etoile (XIX C. )
-Place de l’Etoile (today Place Charles de Gaulle) completed in mid XIX C. with 12 radiating streets by Napoleon III and Houssmann
- 72—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Restructuring of Paris
Main Goals:
-- Free flow of traffic
-- Uniform design
-- Modernize
infrastructure
-- Increase green space
-- Link new suburbs to the center of Paris
-- Create a unique character for the city
- 73—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Restructuring of Paris
Public and Private Domain
PUBLIC DOMAIN
• Street system
- Concentric ring
- Connective arterial
- The boulevards
• Modern infrastructure
- Above ground
- Below ground
- Park system
• Unified design elements
PRIVATE DOMAIN
• Standardized apartment block
- 74—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Cutting through the city, destroys some houses, but built straight road through the city
- 75—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Paris Streets and Avenues cut by Haussmann from 1854-1879
- 76—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Typical Parisian mansion block built during the time of Houssman
Rich lived in the middle places that were bigger and more lavish
- 77—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Post Baroque Paris
-La Defense –> commemorates the defense of Paris in the Franco Prussian War
-Development delayed by the Great Depression, WW II and reconstruction after the war
-Main development as an office park in 1960s – 1980s
-Culmination -> Grande Arch de la Defense, 1989
- 78—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Versailles
Louis XIV
Moved the court and government To Versailles in 1682
- 79—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Versailles
Andre Le Notre (1613-1700)
He designed the gardens and was involved in the expansion of the town with the same radiating routes
- 80—Paris and its Urban Transformations
Versailles
Aerial view of the Palace from above the Gardens of Versailles
Shows the radiating routes
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- Based off presentation S9-S11, S11-12, S13
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- Celest Opele · Feb 2020
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