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ARCH 242: BUILDING HISTORY II

Renaissance & Baroque: Rise & Evolution of the Architect

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AGENDA FOR TODAY...

FRANCESCO BORROMINI (1599-1667)

- The Complex Architect

- Bernini versus Borromini

- Renaissance versus Baroque

- Borromini’s Thematics

- Oratory of Saint Filippo Neri

- Piazza Navona

- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino)

- Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza

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FRANCESCO BORROMINI

Francesco Borromini 1599-1667

- born in Ticino (present-day Switzerland)

- projects in Rome

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LOCATIONS IN ITALY

Map of Italy

Rome

Ticino

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FRANCESCO BORROMINI

Francesco Borromini 1599-1667

- born in Ticino (present-day Switzerland)

- projects in Rome

- started as a highly skilled stone carver & draftsman

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BERNINI VERSUS BORROMINI

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Filippo Brunelleschi’s Perspective Technique

RENAISSANCE VERSUS BAROQUE

Epistemic Shift

- a term coined by Peter Eisenman

- an epistemic shift occurred at the beginning of the Renaissance movement

- occurs when there is a change in the subject in the subject-object relationship

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Piazza del Popolo, initial concept by Sixtus V

RENAISSANCE VERSUS BAROQUE

Paradigm Shift

- also coined by Peter Eisenman

- a paradigm shift occurred at the beginning of the Baroque movement

- occurs when there is a change in the object in the subject-object relationship

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URBAN PLAN OF ROME

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BERNINI VERSUS BORROMINI

Piazza del Popolo etching by Rainaldi, 1667 Strada Felice/Via Pia engraving by Borromini, 1638

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BERNINI VERSUS BORROMINI

Pantheon drawing by Dosio, 1569 Hadrian’s Villa etching by Piranesi, 1768

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Borromini’s thematics address the complexity of architecture

- evolves from the thematics of the previous architects we have looked at

- explores a continuity of parts

- combines architectural elements & forms in order to create a complex base condition (i.e. a column & a wall become one)

BORROMINI THEMATICS

Filippini Oratory Facade drawing by Borromini

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FRANCESCO BORROMINI

Francesco Borromini 1599-1667

- born in Ticino (present-day Switzerland)

- projects in Rome

- started as a highly skilled stone carver & draftsman

- The Complex Architect

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ROME, ITALY

01 Oratory of Saint Filippo Neri

02 Piazza Navona

03 San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

04 Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza

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ORATORY OF SAINT FILIPPO NERI, 1637-40

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PIAZZA NAVONA, 1644

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

Palazzo de Te by Guilio Romano

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48

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SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48

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SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48

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SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48

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SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48

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Francesco Borromini 1599-1667

- Questions?

FRANCESCO BORROMINI