How to Study ArchitectureCaffin, Charles H. (Charles Henry)
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How to Study Architecture
Caffin, Charles H. (Charles Henry)
Architecture -- History
=Raphael.=--The continuation of =S. Peter’s= was officially assigned to
Bramante’s nephew and pupil, Raphael (1483-1520), who, however, under
the pressure of other engagements, did little to advance the work.
Raphael’s architectural designs in Rome include the =Façade of S. Lorenzo
in Miranda=, the =Villa Madama= with stucco decorations by his pupil Giulio
Romano, and the =Pandolfini Palace=, which was erected ten years after his
death.
=Giulio Romano.=--Giulio Romano (1492-1546) was the architect of buildings
in Mantua, his masterpiece being the =Palazzo del Te’=, at =Mantua=.
Meanwhile, Bramante’s other pupils were Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536),
and Antonio da Sangallo (1485-1546).
=Peruzzi.=--Peruzzi passed his early life in Siena, but while quite young
moved to Rome and studied architecture and painting. His reputation was
established when he built for the Sienese banker, Agostino Chigi, a
villa on the banks of the Tiber, which is now known as the =Farnesina=, a
design remarkable for its grace and the delicacy of its details. The
interior is famous for the frescoes, representing the myths of Psyche
and Galatea, executed by Raphael and his pupils, while Peruzzi himself
decorated a loggia with frescoes of the story of Medusa.
He was appointed architect of S. Peter’s, though his design for its
completion was never carried out. During the sack of Rome in 1527 by the
troops of the Constable Bourbon, Peruzzi fled to Siena, where he was
elected city architect, and, as the city was preparing to resist attack,
planned the fortifications which still in part exist. Returning to Rome,
he designed several villas, of which the most important is the =Massimi
Palace=. It is significant of the esteem in which Peruzzi was held by his
contemporaries that at his death in 1536 he was buried by the side of
Raphael in the Pantheon.
=Ant. da Sangallo.=--Antonio da Sangallo the Younger was one of the five
members of a Florentine family, distinguished variously in architecture,
engineering, sculpture, and painting. Coming to Rome when very young he
became a pupil of Bramante, whose style he closely followed. Among his
most notable works are the church of =S. Maria di Loreto=, near Trajan’s
Column, and the =Farnese Palace=. The latter, completed by Michelangelo by
the addition of a grand cornice, is regarded by some experts as the
finest example of a Roman palace.
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