JAV132H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Santo Spirito, Florence, Arnolfo Di Cambio, San Lorenzo, Florence
12 Jan 2017
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The della catena map of florence, ca. 1471: skyline pretty much the same today. Popes ruling signi cant part of italy (italy divided in states) Holy roman empire, 1400: many small identities (patchwork of little independent states) in middle of europe. Bubonic plague 1347-1351: population deduced in florence, 1349, 90,000 -> 55,000, 1,500 55,000. Ponte vecchio, 14th century: little shops on the bridge. Centre of government -> palazzo vecchio, circa 1300 -> arnolfo di cambio. Forum in the middle theatre on the side. City was on the other side of the arno, 1284-1333. 1415 filippo brunelleschi: inventor of linear perspective described by leaon battista alberti in de picture (1435) 1450 invention of printing press: johannes gutenberg. Pragmatic craft to intellectual craft -> intellectual rather than manual labour. Filippo brunelleschi, dome of the cathedral, 1420-1436. Arnolfo di cambio, nave of the cathedral 1296-1367: died before the completion of the cathedral, (1245-1301/10) Not allowed to put trusses on the exterior.
