ARCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pope Nicholas V, Leon Battista Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai
20 Feb 2019
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Alberti served as architectural advisor: first printed book on architecture, published in florence in 1485. The flavian amphitheater or colosseum : rome, italy, 72-80, projecting cornice, corinthian pilasters, corinthian coclumns, tuscan (doric) columns. Palazzo rucellai: florence, 1446-1451, alberti designed a fa ade to unite eight houses purchased by giovanni. Rucellai, never completed: each story separated by a string course, ground floor plinth scored into diamond shapes in imitation of roman opus reticulatum, doric and corinthian pilasters on floors above, cornice modeled after colosseum on top. Temple of fortuna virilia (portunus: rome, italy, early 1st century bce, note smooth frieze, dentils above architrave, dentils at base of cornice above pediment. Triumphal arch : dedicated to the emperor by the senate and the people of rome, central arch with barrel vault, coffered ceiling, engaged composite capitals support entablature with frieze, attic with dedicatory inscription.
