Early Renaissance Architecture in Italy: from Alberti to Bramante

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Through some of the most celebrated examples of the early Renaissance architecture and the most important statements of the early Renaissance theories, the course will examine problems of the architectural spaces, technology and forms looking to the antiquity in the XV century in Italy.

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1. First week: Introduction
    1.1 About the course
    1.2 Florence in the early XV century
    1.3 Brunelleschi and the architectural order
    1.4 The sources of the Antiquity
2. Second week: Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)
    2.1 Rimini, Tempio Malatestiano
    2.2 Florence, the Rucellai Palace
    2.3 Florence, the façade of S. Maria Novella
    2.4 Mantua, the churches of S. Sebastiano and S. Andrea
3. Third week: Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501)
    3.1 Siena in the times of pope Pius II
    3.2 The Palazzo Ducale in Urbino
    3.3 Fortresses and treatises
    3.4 Churches and monasteries
4. Fourth week: Giuliano da Sangallo (1443-1516)
    4.1 The Villa of Poggio a Caiano
    4.2 Churches
    4.3 Palaces
    4.4 Fortresses
5. Fifth week: Other points of view
    5.1 Milan
    5.2 Venice
    5.3 Naples
    5.4 Rome
6. Sixth week: Bramante (1444-1514) in Milan
    6.1 Bramante from Urbino
    6.2 S. Maria presso S. Satiro
    6.3 The Pavia Cathedral and the Choir of S. Maria delle Grazie
    6.4 The Canonica and the Cloisters of S. Ambrogio
7. Seventh week: Bramante in Rome (I)
    7.1 The Cloister of S. Maria della Pace
    7.2 The Belvedere Court of the Vatican
    7.3 New St. Peter’s
    7.4 The Tempietto of S. Pietro in Montorio
8. Eight week: Bramante in Rome (II)
    8.1 Palaces
    8.2 Churches
    8.3 The Choir of S. Maria del Popolo and the Nympheum in Genazzano
    8.4 Conclusions

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Francesco Paolo Fiore - Dipartimento di Storia Disegno e Restauro dell'Architettura

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Sapienza University of Rome, founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, is the oldest University in Rome and the largest in Europe. Since its founding over 700 years ago, Sapienza has played an important role in Italian history and has been directly involved in key changes and developments in society, economics and politics. It has contributed to the development of Italian and European science and culture in all areas of knowledge. The main campus, designed by Marcello Piacentini, was opened in 1935. It is situated close to the city centre, and is the largest in Europe - a real city within a city where teaching activities are integrated with libraries and museums as well as comprehensive student services. Faculties and Departments also carry out their activities in decentralized locations in different parts of the city. There are two other university campuses elsewhere in Lazio. Sapienza offers a vast array of courses including degree programmes, PhD courses, one to two year professional courses, and Specialization Schools in many disciplines, run by 63 Departments and 11 Faculties.

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