03 — ARTWORK
Villa Medici
SANGALLO, Giuliano da · 1485 →
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Giuliano da Sangallo was the first eminent member of a dynasty of architects. Perhaps the most imaginative Florentine architect of the later QuattrocentoThe 15th century in Italian art. The term is often used of the new style of art that was characteristic of the Early Renaissance, in particular works by Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Fra Angelico and others. It was preceded by the Trecento and followed by the Cinquecento., he was imbued with the refined classicism of the age. His knowledge of Roman antiquity was derived from study of the original monuments. His delightful Florentine buildings of the 1480s include the villaa residence in the country (in Italy); villas acquired palace-like characteristics from the Renaissance onwards. at Poggio a Caiano, built for Lorenzo de' Medici on a small hill (poggio is Italian for hill) near the plain of Prato. The site was chosen to command views of the plain and the mountains to the north and south.
The simple block of Giuliano's structure, with its plain walls and sharply projecting eaves, is interrupted by the temple porticoUsually open porch supported by columns or pillars on the main entrance side of a buildings. Frequently supports a pediment., apparently the first in a long line of such porticoes for Renaissance and BaroqueThe period in art history from about 1600 to about 1750. In this sense the term covers a wide range of styles and artists. In painting and sculpture there were three main forms of Baroque: (1) sumptuous display, a style associated with the Catholic Counter Reformation and the absolutist courts of Europe (Bernini, Rubens); (2) dramatic realism (Caravaggio); and (3) everyday realism, a development seen in particular in Holland (Rembrandt, Vermeer). In architecture, there was an emphasis on expressiveness and grandeur, achieved through scale, the dramatic use of light and shadow, and increasingly elaborate decoration. In a more limited sense the term Baroque often refers to the first of these categories. The development of the Baroque reflects the period's religious tensions (Catholic versus Protestant); a new and more expansive world view based on science and exploration; and the growth of absolutist monarchies. villas. The pedimenta gable supported actually or apparently on columns. features the Medici arms framed by flowing ribbons in an antiquethe classical age of Greece and Rome began with the Greek migrations of the 2nd millennium BC, and ended in the West in 476 AD with the deposition of the Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus (c. 475 AD); in the East it ended in 529 AD when the Platonic Academy was closed by Justinian (482 - 565 AD). style to fill the space. The columns are Ionic. Behind the pediment, a barrel vaultA ceiling that is like a continuous circular arch or tunnel, contrasted with vaults that are supported on ribs or a series of arches. Also tunnel vault. covers a loggiaA gallery or room open on one or more sides, its roof supported by columns. Loggias in Italian Renaissance buildings were generally on the upper levels. Renaissance loggias were also separate structure, often standing in markets and town squares, that could be used for public ceremonies. where the Medici and their guests could sit in the shade. A similar barrel vaultA roof or ceiling whose structure is based on the arch. There are a wide range of forms, including the barrel (or tunnel) vault, formed by a continuous semi-circular arch; the groin vault, formed when two barrel vaults intersect; and the rib vault, consistong of a framework of diagonal ribs supporting interlocking arches. The development of the various forms was of great structural and aesthetic importance in the development of church architecture during the Middle Ages., much larger, roofs the central hall of the villa, which was later <A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/p/pontormo/2poggio/index.html')" HREF="/html/p/pontormo/2poggio/index.html">decorated with a frescoWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco fresco. by Pontormo.</A>
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