Presentation By Chloe Anderson
The Foundling Hospital (Ospedale degli Innocenti)
Fillipo Brunelleschi
Designed by Fillipo Brunelleschi
- Born in 1377 in Florence Italy
- Worked and Trained under his father as a goldsmith and sculptor
- later turned to architecture after losing comission to rival
- Was influenced by father (Ser Brunellesco di Lippo) as well as Greeks and Romans
- Many Architectural achievements including The Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore
- Recieved comission from the Arte della Lana in 1419
Introduction
- 1300-1600s
- Italy
- cultural revival from classical period
- emphasis on education, arts, and humanism
- new religious perspective
- new styles of art mixed with older influences
The Art Work
- Hospital and orphanage built from 1419-1451
- commissioned by the Arte della Lana
- Florence, Italy at the Piazz della Santissima
- Uses masonary and stone
- impost blocks, arches, columns, and pilasters
- rooms layed out symmetrically to create balance and harmony
- Simple and rational design
- Revolutionary at the time
- first renaissance building
Citations
Analysis
- Humanism
- Symmetry
- Use of lines
- Geometry