LA 166 Lecture Outline 2-7-07

 

Piazza della Signoria--Florence

 

Palazzo Vecchio

Signoria-the government of the Republic

 

Official ceremonies

Religious processions

The city’s festive celebrations

 

The Palazzo dei Uffizi by Giorgio Vasari (1560-1580)

            Administrative offices of the Medici State.

 

The Piazzale Uffizi with the Uffizi Gallery on 3 sides.

 

Sculptures / Fountains

            Perseus

            Statue of Neptune—familiarly called Biancone

            The Rape of the Sabine Woman

            The Equestrian Monument to Cosimo I

            David

Herculeon Group

 

 

Piazza del Campidoglio: Rome

 

The Capitol Hill

The Palace of the Capitol

            Palazzo del Senatore

            Palazzo dei Conservatori (immediately to the north of the Palazzo Senatore.

 

Michelangelo commissioned in 1536.

 

Michelangelo based his design on 2 existing building – the Palazzo dei Senatori on the east and the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the south.

 

Marcus Aurelius Statue

 

The Capitoline Museum

 

Brick and stone pavers set in a radial pattern (20th C.)


 

Piazza San Pietro : Rome

 

St. Peters (1506-1626)

Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

            Work on St. Peters Square 1655-67

 

Three Sections of the Plaza

 

1.              The Retta Plaza

2.              The Obliqua Plaza-2 half circles and a rectangle appearing as an oval

3.              The Rustcucchi Plaza-links St. Peters and the Tiber (not by Bernini).  Its purpose is to collect and direct visitors towards the Piazza Obliqua.

 

Obelisk and 2 fountains

The semi-circular colonnade

“Bernini Arms”

 

 

Piazza Navona: Rome

 

Bernini’s influence 1647-51

St. Agnese Church

San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli

 

The Moor Fountain

The Neptune Fountain

Berninis Quattro Fiume (Four Rivers) Fountain (1647-1651)

            The Danube (Europe)

            The Ganges (Asia)

            The Nile (Africa)

            The Rio de la Plata (America)

 

 

Piazza di Spagna: Rome

 

The Spanish Steps

Alessandro Specchi and Francesco de Santis (1721)

 

The Fountain [The Barcaccia] or old boat

 

Rome’s largest flower market