The Renaissance

BAPTISTERY, Florence (11th to 12th century AD) Aerial view showing Baptistery in front of the later Church, Sta Maria del Fiore

Baptistery, Florence

Diagram showing where Brunelleschi would have stood to test his device (note the glaring error of this image which shows Brunelleschi's cupola and lantern as

completed!)

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) and the Birth of the Renaissance Diagram of the optical instrument Brunelleschi used to check out his perspective drawing.

Drawing on left, mirror on right.

Reconstruction of Brunelleschi's device with a peephole in the drawing board and a mirror to test his perspectival drawing against the actual view

Il Duomo, Florence Cathedral (1296-1412) Dome by Brunelleshci in 1420

Duomo (Lise’s Photo)

Plan showing octagonal crossing of Arnolfo di Cambio's church

Brunelleschi Dome showing innovative structure of 24 ribs derived from the baptistery, enabling the cupola to be built without scaffolding

Brunelleschi Dome, model

climbing the curving stairs up the dome

Duomo, interior

Duomo, interior

Arch of Constantine 315 CE

Tempio Malestestiano

Arch of Titus (Roman)

Alberti’s Sant'Andrea, Mantua (begun 1470) Facade combining triumphal arch and temple front motifs

Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Roman)

Scottish Building, Robert Adams

CAMPIDOGLIO Map of turn around

Campidoglio, Michelangelo’s façade, 1537 Rome

Campidoglio, Design for the Capitoline Hill(1548 Engraving)

Campidoglio, aerial

Campidoglio Ramp

Campidoglio, plan

TEMPIETTO Donato Bramante (1502) Marking the site of St Peter's crucifixion

Tempietto 1502

Bramante, Rome

Roman Temple of Vesta (c.30 BCE)

Tempietto, plan of courtyard proposed

Tempietto, sketch in courtyard

Tempietto in courtyard

Tempietto, section

Tempietto, interior shell motif

Tempietto, crypt interior