1. Abduction of the Sabine Women
Artist: Giovanni da Bologna
Date: 1583
Medium: Marble
Title of work given later
Sculpted as a set piece
Spiral movement; precursor of the Baroque
Must be seen in the round
Negative space
References to Laocoon
It had been thought that the ancients sculpted monumental works from one block of stone; Renaissance artists discovered this was untrue; Bologna wanted to surpass the ancients by carving from one block.
Symbolism of the Medici (young man) taking Florence (the woman) from the preceding government (old man)

2. Palazzo de Te Artist: Giulio Romano Date: 1525-1535
Location: Mantua, Italy
Horse farm and a villa
Unsettling architectural setting
Triglyphs dip into the cornice, creating holes above.
Pediment corners do not meet.
Window openings at unconventional locations.
Engaged columns divide façade into unequal bays
Massive columns carry almost no weight, a narrow cornice
Keystone pops out of the arches
Oddly sized stones
Highly unusual placement of arch below a pediment.

3. The Fall of the Giants, Palazzo del Te
Artist: Giulio Romano
Date:
Medium: Fresco
Location: Mantua, Italy
The scene depicts the battle between the Olympians and Giants.
Reference in concept to Mantegna’s Oculus.
Use of perspective to create a sense of space
Humanist theme

4. Palazzo del Te, Wall with Fall of the Giants
Artist: Giulio Romano
Date:
Medium: Fresco
Location: Mantua, Italy

5. Villa Protonda Artist: Andrea Palladio Date: 1565
Location: Vicenza, Venice
Building has four identical facades, each with a different view
When the building is viewed from afar, no matter from what angle, it looks complete
Used as a working farm, family estate, villa retreat
Symmetrical ground plan
Villa appears as a minitemple; perhaps a residence of the Muses, ideal nature of the central plan evokes the ancients.
Low round Roman-style dome, not the domes of the Renaissance
Originally the dome had an oculus, like the pantheon, now glazed
Building set on high podium; pediments dominate doors and windows.
Interior has rotunda, with four larger rooms alternating with four smaller spaces to allow for more intimate settings

7. San Giorgio Maggiore Artist: Andrea Palladio Date: 1565
Location: Venice, Italy
Interlocking pediments and columns
High pedestals for columns
More Mannerist than the Villa Rotunda, two Temple facades intersect
Clearly lit interior

8. San Giorgio Maggiore Artist: Andrea Palladio Date: 1565
Location: Venice, Italy

9. Church of Il Geso Artist: Giacomo da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta
Date:
Location: Rome, Italy
Head church of the Jesuit Order
Column groupings emphasize central doorway
Tympana and pediment over central door
Slight crescendo of forms toward the center
Two stories separated by cornice; united by scrolls
Framing niche acts as a unifying device
Interior has no aisles, meant for grand ceremonies.

10. Church of Il Geso Artist: Giacomo da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta
Date:
Location: Rome, Italy