San Andrea in Mantua circa 1470 Triumphal Arch Idea vaulted - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Malatesta Temple, circa 1450 • Shows Influence of Roman Triumphal Arch • Incomplete Structure built for a Military despot (Sigismondo Malatesta) in Rimini • It was a church, - converted into a notorious temple for Malatesta and his mistress • Alberti designed the new exterior, in the manner of Roman Triumphal Arch • The sides of the building were niches which were to be a hall of fame - burial vaults for Malatesta and his mistress

San Andrea in Mantua circa 1470 Triumphal Arch Idea vaulted ceilings, coffered in the manner of the Roman Pantheon use of piers to support weight of the ceiling houses a sacred relic : a patch of mud with congealed blood, said to be the blood of chirst that fell on the ground as the Roman centurion lanced him; later Longinus the centurion kept this patch of mud and brought it to Mantua

Palazzo Ruccellai, circa 1455 - 58 One of the earliest examples of architecture emplying the clasical orders in secular usage in Renaissance Three Orders, Tuscan, Alberti’s modified Ionic, and a simplified Corinthian in three levels of the buildings pilasters Alberti is evoking the classical use of geometry, symmetry and proportion through the orders.

Servants Simplified Corinthian Family quarters Alberti’s invented order Piano Nobile Tuscan Business Rustication Benches

The ¡Tempietto ¡(a ¡small ¡commemorative ¡martyrium) ¡built ¡by ¡Donato ¡Bramante.

Basilica di San Lorenzo