Architecture History FINAL Study Guide

Loggia

A covered outdoor space with open sides, supported by columns or arches.

Palazzo

A grand urban building or palace serving as a residence for wealthy families/nobility.

Rustication

A decorative masonry technique where stones are given a rough, textured surface with deep joints to create a strong and dramatic appearance.

Ashlar

A squared building technique where stones are finely dressed on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints, making them smooth.

Piano Nobile

The principle floor of a large house usually in classical renaissance architecture.

Florence Cathedral Dome

Florence, Italy

1417-1436

Architect: Filippo Brunelleschi.

San Lorenzo Old Sacristy

Florence, Italy

1421-1446

Architect: Filippo Brunelleschi.

Tempio Malatestiano

Rimini, Italy

1450

Architect: Leon Battista Alberti.

Sant' Andrea

Mantua, Italy

1470

Architect: Leon Battista Alberti.

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Florence, Italy

1444

Architect: Michelozzo di Bartolommeo.

Palazzo Rucellai

Florence, Italy

1455-1470

Architect: Leon Battista Alberti.

Villa Poggio at Caiano

Medici Villas, Tuscany

1480s

Architect: Guiliano da Sangallo.

The Tempietto

Rome, Italy

1502

Architect: Bramante.

Villa Madama

Rome, Italy

1516

Architect: Raphael.

Palazzo del Te

Mantua, Italy

1525-1534

Architect: Giulio Romano.

San Lorenzo New Sacristy

Florence, Italy

1518

Architect: Michelangelo.

Laurentian Library

Florence, Italy

1524

Architect: Michelangelo.

Porta Pia

Rome, Italy

1561-1565

Architect: Michelangelo.

Bomarzo Gardens

Bomarzo, Italy

16th century

Architect: Pier Francesco Orsini.

Boboli Gardens

Florence, Italy

1549

Architect: Niccolo Tribolo.

Villa d'Este

Tivoli, Italy

1565-1572

Architect: Pirro Ligorio.

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Rome, Italy

1634

Architect: Francesco Borromini.

Santa Maria della Pace

Rome, Italy

1656-1658

Architect: Pietro da Cortona.

Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte

Melun (Southeast of Paris), France

1658-1661

Architects: Louis Le Vau, Andre Le Notre, and Charles Le Brun.

Versailles Palace

Versailles, France

1661

Architects: Louis Le Vau, Andre Le Notre, and Charles Le Brun / Jules Hardouin-Mansart.