Renaissance & Baroque Architecture

Oberlin College Department of Art
Approaches to Western Art History: Arts 103


Florence Cathedral
Arnolfo di Cambrio, begun 13th C
Dome by Brunelleschi, completed 1467

Plan for Florence Cathedral
Filippo Brunelleschi, ca. 1420
Florence

Plan for Santo Spirito
Filippo Brunelleschi, 1434
Florence

Church of San Francesco
Leonardo Alberti, 1450
Rimini

Church of San Andrea
Leonardo Alberti, 1470
Mantua

The Tempietto
Donato Bramante, 1502
Rome, S. Pietro in Montorio

Plan for S. Peter's
Donato Bramante, 1505
Rome

Bramante's Design for S. Peter's
Caradosso, 1506
London, British Museum

Plan for S. Peter's
Michelangelo, 1537-50
Rome

S. Peter's Dome, Rome
Michelangelo (design), 1546-50
Giacomo della Porta (completed 1564)

Final Plan of St. Peter's
As Built,1606-15
Rome

Plan of Church of Il Gesu
Giacomo da Vignola, 1565-73
Rome

Church of Il Gesu, Facade
Giacomo della Porta, 1565-73
Rome

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Francesco Borromini, Plan 1638-41
Rome

San Giorgio Maggiore
Andrea Palladio, Plan 1565
Venice

San Giorgio Maggiore
Andrea Palladio, Designed1565
Venice

Villa Rotunda
Andrea Palladio, 1567-70
Venice

San Carlino: Facade
Francesco Borromini, 1665-67
Rome

The Louvre: East Front
Claude Perrault, 1667-70
Paris

St. Paul's Cathedral
Christopher Wren, 1675-1710
London (section & plan)

Chiswick House
William Kent, 1725
London (near)

Stawberry Hill
Horace Walpole, 1749-47
Twickenham

Images Courtesy Art Across Time by Laurie Schneider Adams
Published by McGraw-Hill 1999

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