Renaissance- Brunelleschi/Alberti

-Rebirth of Humanity and the rebirth of antiquity (rediscovery of classical theories into one contemporary idea-how the artist expressed that meaning

-bunch of city-states ruled by wealthy families-great schism(popes vacated rome)-inquisition(witchcraft)-plagues-intellectual growth (gutenberg press, change of worldview of the universe, inside the human body, Last Supper, Mona Lisa)

-status- intellectual view-geometry- proportion (same as Humans)-center- man, sun-Truth- apporpriate proportions/expression/meaning-Architect- God but through man, humanist, finally emerges-Knowledge- treatise (books on architecture)

-status- mechanical art (being able to build it)-geometry- operation-center- earth-truth- Light=God-architect- hand of God, just a mason -Knowledge- no books/records, mason's secrets

-establishes the criteria for archistecture-Venustas- beauty, harmony of parts, harmony with reason-utilitas- usefulness, appropriateness-firmitas- strength, construction

-1st architect of the renaissance-fascinated by Rome

-reintroduction of classical orders-classical antiquity in a new modern way-establishing the vocabulary of renaissance

-housed remains of medici family-bringing back the proportions-square plan 1:1 with dome top

-allows for a square plan with dome above

-largest building after the pantheon-won Dome competition-dome is made of 8 panels, not a circle, double shelled, kept centered by ribs(acted like a belt)

-square plan with dome-solved problem with the corner of th arches-cloister same as hospital-proportions

-incredibly educated-architecture allows people to be in public-makes one of the 1st maps of rome-perspectiva naturalis-invents pilaster (both column and wall)

- thick facade (his part) - sense of publicness- inspired by the Arch of Constantine

-house for the Rucellai family-pilasters-ends abruptly-public facade that would be appropriate for the family-giving them a public dress to wear

- proportions of facade (where meaning was found)-simple proportions