ARCH 242: BUILDING HISTORY II … · FRANCESCO BORROMINI francesco borromini 1599-1667 - born in...

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ARCH 242: BUILDING HISTORY I IHistory of tHe profession: renaissance & baroque arcHitecture

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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



- 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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piazza del popolo |rainaldi | 1667 strada felice/Via pia | borromini | 1638

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pantheon drawing | Dosio | 1569 Hadrian’s Villa | 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 THEMATIC S

filippini oratory facade drawing by borromini

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FRANCESCO BORROMINI



- 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

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ORATORY OF SAINT F IL IPPO NERI , 1637-40

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PIA ZZA NAVONA, 1644

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SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, 1634-77

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palazzo de te | Guilio romano

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SANT’ IVO ALLA SAPIENZA, 1643-48

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