AESTHETICS

STRUCTURE AND DESIGN

western aesthetic Greece and Rome proportion, harmony, and coherence eastern aesthetic Byzantium and Islam space and complexity of form ornamentation Venice



RENAISSANCE STYLES

EARLY RENAISSANCE

mainland expansion its effect on Venetian architectural tastes Lombard stonecutters their origin and training - on their style Mauro Codussi his work in Venice Istrian stone - on the role of religious orders the war of Cambrai and its impact on architecture in Venice 

“ROMAN" RENAISSANCE

the Sack of Rome Venice as “New Rome” Sebastiano Serlio his treatises the “Serlian” window Jacopo Sansovino his influence the papalists their role in architectural commissions

 
ANDREA PALLADIO

CIVIC ARCHITECTURE

project for Doge's Palace project for Rialto Bridge

SACRED ARCHITECTURE

the Roman temple as prototype the temple and basilica floor plans compared the facade and the articulation of interior space the superimposed pediment as solution

CHURCHES IN VENICE

San Pietro di Castello San Francesco della Vigna San Giorgio Maggiore Santissimo Redentore Santa Maria della Presentazione “Zitelle”

 
PALLADIO'S LEGACY

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS

the thermal window colossal orders

BAROQUE

Baldassare Longhena: Santa Maria dei Derelitti and Santa Maria della Salute Giuseppe Sardi: San Salvador, San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, Santa Maria di Nazaret, and Santa Maria del Giglio Alessandro Tremignan: San  Moise' Domenico Rossi: San Stae and Sant Maria Assunta “Gesuiti”

ROCOCO’ AND NEO-PALLADIAN

Giorgio Massari: Santa Maria del Rosario “Gesuati” and Santa Maria della Pietΰ Andrea Tirali: San Vidal

PALLADIANISM

the Four Books on Architecture Palladianism as erudite architecture as embodiment of political ideals and social status the superimposed pediment in the Anglo-American context Palladian architecture in the British Isles, America, and Russia