Arch 2003

Architecture and Society

Meeting 16 slides

Chartres Cathedral: The Royal Portal

The Seven Liberal Arts as represented on the West Facade, Royal Portal, of Chartres Cathedral

The Royal Portal

Left Tympanum Central Tympanum Right Tympanum

            Detail of Left Tympanum

Introduction to the Renaissance: Gothic Vs. Renaissance

Gothic

Renaissance

Amiens Cathedral, plan

Santo Spirito, by Brunelleschi, Florence, Italy

Amiens Cathedral, interior

Interior of San Lorenzo, by Brunelleschi, Florence, Italy

Corinthian Capital (above left) versus Romanesque Capital from  Issoire, France (above right)

Leonardo Da Vinci: Illustration of text by Vitruvius (above left) and studies for centralized churches (above right)

Brunelleschi: Example of central linear perspective

Brunelleschi: Foundling Hospital

Brunelleschi: Dome of the Duomo in Florence, Italy

Diagram of construction

Brunelleschi: Dome of the Duomo in Florence, Italy

View of exterior of dome