Tempietto of San Pietro
Group 2
Art History Project: Architecture
Overview
Biography
 Details about piece
 Technical Terms
 Echoes
 Influences
 Legacies
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Donato Bramante
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Born in Monte-Asdrualdo
in 1444
Worked under Fra
Carnavale, possibly Scirro
Scirri & others
Traveled through
Lombardy, reached Milan
Commissioned by Duke
Ludovico Sforza
http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/ncd01411.jpg
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
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Other works of Bramante
http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/slide/ghirardo/CD1/066-CD1.jpg
Santa Maria presso San Satiro
(Milan)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Milano_Grazie_1.JPG
Santa Maria delle Grazie
(Milan)
Ospedale Maggiore (Milan)
http://www.novara.com/informazioni/ingresso_maggiore.jpg
Santa Maria della Pace (Rome)
http://www.tesoridiroma.net/galleria/piazza_navona/foto/chpace06.jpg
Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome)
http://www.tesoridiroma.net/galleria/piazza_popolo/foto/chsmpopolo10.jpg
Descriptions of Piece
Built in 1502 in
Montorio, Rome, Italy
 Ferdinand of Aragon
and Isabella of Castile
 St. Peter crucifixion
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www.crimelibrary.com
worldroots.com
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
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Historical Analysis
Simple numbers
 Establishing power of
Church
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http://www.tla1.com/Talent/Clare_Beaton/CB%20numbers.JPG
Technical Terms
Dome
Symmetrical
http://www.vitruvio.ch/arcgallery/italy/bramante/tempietto_03.jpg
Cupola
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bramante/0019.jpg
Roman
Doric
order
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bramante/0016.jpg
Metopes
Triglyphs
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bramante/0028.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bramante/0030.jpg
Balustrade
Arch
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bramante/0001.jpg
Evangelist Symbols
Mathew: Angel
Luke: Ox
John: Eagle
Mark: Lion
Influences from Greeks
and Romans
www.bramarte.it/500/bramante.htm
Building Design
Greek Influence:
Roman
Influences:
• Outer columns
forming a layer
around the main
building
• Use of a dome
• Circular
building design
www.romaculta.it/luther_in_rom.html
Column Design
Doric
entablature
Doric column
Influences from Greeks &
Romans
Comapare to:
The Temple of
Hephaestus:
www.sikyon.com
The Theatre of
Marcellus:
www.ga.k12.pa.us
www.lyon.edu
www.bible-history.com
Humanist Influences
www.bramarte.it/500/bramante.htm
Repeated Alternating
Geometry
Segmentation
Legacies to the future
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http://www.stpetersbasilica.org/Altars/BlSacrament/BlSacrament-fcp2altp.jpg
The tabernacle in St.
Peter’s Basilica is based
on the Tempietto of San
Pietro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pietro_in_Montorio
Francesco Canova da Milano
(Aug. 1497 – Jan. 1543)
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Music Title: Ricercar
no.51
Time Created:
Mid-15th Century in
Italy during the
Renaissance
 Music Length: 2:33
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