RENAISSANCE

1. OTTOMAN TURKS IN CONSTANTINOPLE – blocked the previous trade routes to the

east.
2. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL – led the series of voyages and explorations by sea in 1450.
3. GUNPOWDER - warfare was changed by this invention.
4. SEVERAL CHRISTIAN THINKERS – challenged and attacked the beliefs, customs,
power and wealth of the Catholic Church.
5. ANDREAS VESALIUS - founder of modern human anatomy
6. TREATISE ON ARCHITECTURE BY VITRUVIUS - highly influential among
Renaissance and modern architects.
7. THE RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT - created a break in the evolution of European
church architecture.
8. EARLY RENAISSANCE – designers were intent on the accurate transcription of Roman
elements.
9. HIGH RENAISSANCE/ PROTO – BAROQUE – renaissance became an individual style
in its own right.
10. PURIST/ PALLADIAN – where Roman tradition was held in high respect.
11. PROTO- BAROQUE – where there was more confidence in using the acquired
vocabulary freely.
12. MANNERIST – where practices which had no Roman precedent were interspersed with
the usual buildings, or entire buildings were conceived in a non – Roman way.
13. MANNERISTS – used architectural elements in a free, decorative, and illogical way,
unsanctioned by antique precedent.
14. BAROQUE – architects worked with freedom and firmly – acquired knowledge.
15. BAROQUE – the true nature of Renaissance as a distinctive style began to emerge.
16. ROCOCO – rock- like forms, fantastic scrolls, and crimped shells
17. PALLADIAN ARCHITECTURE – logical, staid, and serene.
18. PROTO – BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE – vivid, virile, and intense.
19. BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE – dramatic, rich, grand and alive.
20. ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE – a profusion and confusion of detail, presenting a lavish
display of decoration.

21. FLORENCE- it is the central, chief powers of Italy

22. MEDICI FAMILY- it is founded by Giovani de Medici, who was a commercial and
political power
23. ARTISTS- type of people who mainly achieve high status in society during renaissance
period specially when being excelled in several arts
24. PALAZZI- built around a cortile or interior court, like medieval cloister
25. PALAZZO STROZZI- it is the representative of the Florentine palace of that period. It
has open cortile and piano mobile.
26. BENEDETTO DA MAJANO- who designed Palazzo Strozzi?
27. ROME- it is where the splendidly presented examples of High renaissance and Proto-
baroque mostly seen
28. DONATO BRAMANTE- who is one of the famous architects during renaissance period
in Rome?
29. TEMPIETTO IN S. PIETRO, MONTORIO- it resembles small Roman circular temple with
Doric columns
30. ST. PETER, ROME-it is one of the most important Renaissance buildings in Italy. It has
dome on drum pierced with alternating windows and shell- headed niches
31. DOME- it is one of the most significant features of S. Peter, Rome
32. 120 YEARS- how many years many architects and pope did the outcome for S. Peter?
33. RAPHAEL- he proposed a Latin Cross plan for S. Peter
34. ANTONIO DA SANGALLO- one of the architects of S. Peter who proposed a slightly
altered plan- extended vestibule and campanile, and elaborated the central dome
35. MICHAELANGELO- one of the architects who undertook the S. Peter project at the age
of 72 years old and present building owes most of its outstanding features to him.
36. DOMINICO FONTANA- the dome of completed during under his supervision
37. VIGNOLA- one of the architects who added the sided cupolas of St. peter
38. CARLO MADERNA- one of the architects who decided to lengthen the nave to form
Latin cross and built the gigantic façade of S. Peter
39. BERNINI- one of the architects who erected noble entrance piazza with 198 m wide
Tuscan colonnade of St. Peter
40. 41.9 M- what is the internal diameter of S. Peter’s majestic dome