1. Tempietto of San Pietro
Group 2
Art History Project: Architecture

2. Overview Biography Details about piece Technical Terms Echoes
Influences
Legacies

3. Donato Bramante Born in Monte-Asdrualdo in 1444
Worked under Fra Carnavale, possibly Scirro Scirri & others
Traveled through Lombardy, reached Milan
Commissioned by Duke Ludovico Sforza

4. Donato Bramante cont. 1499 – left for Rome
In Rome, worked on architecture
Liked by Pope Julius II
Asked to help rebuild St. Peter’s bascilla
Died March 11th 1514 before St. Peter’s was built

5. Other works of Bramante
Santa Maria presso San Satiro (Milan)
Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan)

6. Ospedale Maggiore (Milan)

7. Santa Maria della Pace (Rome)

8. Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome)

9. Descriptions of Piece Built in 1502 in Montorio, Rome, Italy
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile
St. Peter crucifixion
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10. Descriptions of Piece (cont)
Italian Renaissance martyrium
15 feet in diameter
16 columns, 8 windows, 8 niches
Diameter: Height = 3:4
Peristyle diameter: Peristyle height = 3:5

11. Historical Analysis Simple numbers Establishing power of Church

12. Technical Terms Dome Symmetrical

13. Cupola

14. Roman Doric order

15. Metopes
Triglyphs

16.
Balustrade

17. Arch

18. Evangelist Symbols
Mathew: Angel
Luke: Ox

19. John: Eagle
Mark: Lion

20. Influences from Greeks and Romans

21. Building Design Greek Influence: Roman Influences:
Outer columns forming a layer around the main building
Roman Influences:
Use of a dome
Circular building design

22. Column Design
Doric entablature
Doric column

23. Influences from Greeks & Romans
Comapare to:
The Temple of Hephaestus:
The Theatre of Marcellus:

24. Humanist Influences

25. Repeated Alternating Geometry

26. Segmentation

27. Legacies to the future
The tabernacle in St. Peter’s Basilica is based on the Tempietto of San Pietro

28. Francesco Canova da Milano (Aug. 1497 – Jan. 1543)
Music Title: Ricercar no.51
Time Created: Mid-15th Century in Italy during the Renaissance
Music Length: 2:33