Sunday, March 18, 2012

The birth of perspective

Late renaissance,or Italian architecture, concerns on creating perfect geometry and symmetry. They applied these rules through out every elements that composed the building, from the structure plan to the painting in the interior walls. Donato Bramante was one of the greatest architect at that period who had studied Brunelleschi perspective theory and had applied it to his design.
Santa Marra Della Consolazione was one of his famous architecture which it stimulated a very well idea in proportion and geometry. The plan was designed with equally proportion form cornice to the top of the dome with the most perfect geometry and symmetry elements throughout the building. In Italian Renaissance, they still focused on building rich and ornamented structures as same as the Renaissance or the Byzantine; however, the basic concept behind the structure was different. Those early Byzantine focused on the idea and numerology based on the bible, but Italian architecture, they rather concentrated on the concept of representing humanity, equality, and global understanding which these were presented in geometric forms. From the main concept that had been successfully adopted to the church, it made the church the earliest and first symmetrical churches among others

At that period, Michelangelo, had showed his expertise through both arts and architectures which made him a successful artist and is one of the most well-known artists in the world. Due to his bad relationship with Bramante, he received a commission to further design St. Peter's Basilica from Bramante, after his death, because of Bramante's underestimation in Michelangelo. In Bramante's design, he created a perfect symmetrical plan around building's 360 degrees

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