The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance

Jacob Burckhardt

University of Chicago Press, Jul 15, 1987 - Architecture - 283 pages

"There may not be any book on architecture so delightful to dip into; one wishes there were a pocket edition to take on an Italian vacation—not only for its information and vision but for such pleasant reminders as that the citizens of Treviso carried Tullio Lombardo's friezes through the town in triumph before they were attached to a building."—D. J. R. Bruckner, New York Times Book Review

Contents

• CHAPTER: 3
• FifteenthCentury Studies of Roman Remains: 27
• 32a Buildings in Pictures: 33
• Brick and Terracotta Cortili and Church Façades: 53
• CHAPTER SEVEN Treatment of Form in the Sixteenth Century 49 Simplification of Detail: 59
• Strengthening of Forms: 60
• The Doric and the False Etruscan Order: 61
• Increased Contrasts: 64
• Forms of the Late Flowering: 66
• Proportion: 70
• CHAPTER EIGHT The Architectural Model 58 Models of the Gothic Period: 77
• Relationship of Incrustation to Form: 78
• Models of the High Renaissance: 79
• CHAPTER NINE The Design of Churches 61 The Lack of a Specific Church Architecture: 80
• The Earliest Centralised Buildings of the Renaissance: 81
• Later Centralised Buildings of the Fifteenth Century: 83
• Bramante and His First Centrally Planned Buildings: 87
• Bramante and S Peters in Rome: 88
• Other Centralised Buildings of the Sixteenth Century: 91
• Triumph of the LongNave Type in the Interests of Façades: 95
• Other Façades of the Early Renaissance: 97
• The Façade of the Certosa at Pavia ΙΟΟ 72 Façades of the High Renaissance ΙΟΟ: 100
• Façades of the Later Flowering ΙΟΙ: 101
• Basilicas: 104
• FlatCeilinged SingleNave Churches: 107
• SingleNave Vaulted Churches: 109
• ThreeAisled Vaulted Churches III: 111
• The Campanile in the Early Renaissance: 113
• The Campanile in the Sixteenth Century: 119
• Individual Chapels and Sacristies: 121
• The Exterior of LongNave Churches: 123
• General View of Church Architecture: 124
• The Symmetry of the View: 125
• CHAPTER TEN Monasteries and Buildings of Religious Orders 84 Monasteries in the North and South: 126
• Bishops Palaces and Universities: 130
• Buildings of Religious Confraternities: 132
• CHAPTER ELEVEN The Architectural Character of the Palazzo 88 A Retrospective Glance at Earlier Italian Palace Architecture: 133
• Nature and Beginnings of the Renaissance Palace: 134
• The Tuscan Type: 135
• The Influence of Tuscan Palace Architecture: 139
• Rome and Roman Patrons: 141
• Roman Types of Façade: 143
• Cortili of Roman Palazzi: 144
• Mezzanines: 145
• Roman Staircases: 147
• Palaces in Serlio: 148
• the Great Halls: 149
• Colonnaded Architecture of Public Buildings: 150
• Arcades: 152
• I04 The Family Loggie: 154
• Exteriors: 156
• Interiors: 159
• CHAPTER TWELVE Hospitals Fortresses and Bridges 107 Hospitals Inns and Pleasure Buildings: 162
• Fortified Buildings: 165
• Bridges: 167
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN Improvements and TownPlanning III Levelling and Paving: 168
• I12 Street Improvements: 169
• The Piazza as a Monumental Concept: 170
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN Villas 116 Types of Villas: 172
• Further Theories of Villa Architecture: 173
• Villas of the Early Renaissance: 174
• Villas of the High Renaissance: 175
• Villas of the Aftermath: 182
• Villas of the Baroque Period: 183
• Vaults in the Early Renaissance: 184
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN Gardens 123 Gardens Principally of Botanic Interest: 185
• Antique Sculptures and Ruins: 186
• Complete Dominance of Architecture: 187
• Gardens of Venice: 188
• BOOK TWO Decoration: 189
• CHAPTER ONE The Nature of Renaissance Decoration 130 Relationship to Antiquity and to Gothic Decoration: 191
• Summary of Modes of Expression: 192
• CHAPTER TWO Decorative Sculpture in Stone 133 Importance of White Marble: 193
• Siena and Florence: 194
• The Rest of Italy: 197
• The Decorative Spirit of the Sixteenth Century: 201
• The Tomb and the Cult of Fame: 203
• Tombs of the Rich and Prominent: 204
• The Most Important Types of Tomb: 205
• Secondary Types of Tomb: 207
• Sepulchral Monuments of the Sixteenth Century: 209
• The FreeStanding Altar and the Aedicule Against a Wall: 210
• The SixteenthCentury Altar: 211
• Screens Pulpits Holy Water Basins ChimneyPieces etc: 212
• 146a Decoration of Fountains: 214
• CHAPTER THREE Decoration in Bronze 147 The Technique and Large Castings: 219
• Candlesticks and Miscellaneous Objects: 221
• CHAPTER FOUR Works in Wood 150 Decline of Decorative Painting: 224
• Intarsie According to Subject: 226
• Carved Wooden ChoirStalls: 228
• Wooden Doors and WallPanelling: 229
• Furniture: 231
• The Carved Flat Ceiling: 233
• The Painted Flat Ceiling: 234
• CHAPTER FIVE Pavements Calligraphy 160 Pavements of Hard Stones Marble and Tiles: 236
• Inscriptions and Calligraphers: 238
• CHAPTER SIX Painting of Façades 162 Origin and Extent: 239
• Methods of Façade Painting: 242
• The Testimony of the Writers: 243
• Themes Used in FaçadePainting: 244
• Painted and Carved: 245
• Interior Painting and StuccoWork 169 Friezes and WallDecorations: 246
• Decorative Painting of Architectural Elements: 247
• VaultedCeiling Paintings of the School of Perugino: 249
• The Beginnings of StuccoWork: 251
• Raphael and Giovanni da Udine: 252
• Giulio Romano and Perino del Vaga: 254
• White Stucco: 255
• Later Decorative Painting and Works in Stucco: 256
• Decadence of the Type: 257
• CHAPTER EIGHT Goldsmiths Work Ceramics and Related Crafts 180 General Status of this Art: 259
• Secular Works of the Early Renaissance: 260
• The Art of the Goldsmith in the High Renaissance: 262
• Adornment Weapons and Seals: 263
• Majolica and Other Pottery: 264
• CHAPTER NINE Temporary Decorations 187 Festivals and Festival Artists: 266
• SixteenthCentury Feste: 267
• Triumphal Arches: 268
• Theatre Architecture: 269
• The Scena: 271
• Artistic Purpose of the Scena: 273
• Index of Personal Names: 277
• Index of Place Names: 280

About the author

Jacob Burckhardt was born in Basel, Switzerland on May 25, 1818. He received a degree in theology in 1839 and then attended the University of Berlin to study history. He taught at the University of Basel from 1843 to 1855, then at ETH, the engineering school in Zurich. In 1858, he returned to Basel to assume the professorship he held until his 1893 retirement. He was a historian of art and culture, and is considered one of the founding fathers of art history and one of the original creators of cultural history. His first book, Die Kunstwerke der belgischen Städte, was published in 1842. His best known works are The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and The History of the Renaissance in Italy. His other works include The Age of Constantine the Great, Judgments on History and Historians, and The Greeks and Greek Civilization. He died on August 8, 1897.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance; Art history/History architecture; World of art
• Author: Jacob Burckhardt
• Editor: Peter Murray
• Translated by: James Palmes
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1987
• ISBN: 0226080498, 9780226080499
• Length: 283 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Criticism; Architecture / General; Architecture / History / Renaissance; Architecture / Regional; History / Europe / Italy