HIS243H1 Lecture : Architecture and Politics
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Architecture (classical models, proportion, human scale, balace, engineering) Roman ruins - forum, baths, arch of constantine these were the buildings people lived in, daily reminder of roman history in their cities. Form of the arch of constantine becomes one of the major changes to form in the renaissance, used repeatedly for churchs. Venice - s. giorgio maggiore (classical portico and pediment), note that the real classical influence in only on the entryway. Florence - pazzi chapel (f. brunelleshchi - proportion, scale, and balance) focus on the human form, everything to a human scale, not as vast in size. Also notice the dome, which leads to the next structure. Florence cathedral (brunelleschi - dome) they wanted a dome because the romans had domes, but when building began no one knew how to build domes. They began anyways, assuming it would be figured out - because the. Pantheon in rome from ancient times had a dome, therefore it must be possible.
