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Tempietto Renaissance Comparison

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Compare and contrast these two works using formal analysis and your critical thinking skills. Begin by identifying each work fully, including the title, artist (if known), period or style, date, and location (if applicable). In your comparison, please provide a thesis statement or brief introduction. Be certain to address the formal elements of each work (e.g., composition, treatment of figure and space, and use of line and color), the materials and techniques used, the works’ functions, and their relation to each other. Do not discuss each work in isolation, but rather, provide a developed comparative analysis that considers each work’s relevant social, political, religious, and economic contexts. Image 1 Object: Tempietto, San Pietro in Monotorio Artist: Donato Bramante Period: Renaissance (1502-11) …show more content…

The two have a multiple similarities and differences. Bramante’s Tempietto was commissioned by the Spanish rulers in order to mark the supposed site of St. Peter’s crucifixion, as an attachment to the church of San Pietro, while Alberti’s Façade was commissioned by Giovanni Rucellai, a neighbor of the incomplete Santa Maria Novella, as reparation and improvisation of a church was considered an act of piety. So, the former was made to commemorate St. Peter while the later was made to achieve piousness. Both the architects used extensive mathematical research to make their works more pleasing to the eyes. For example, Bramante made sure that the distance between the columns was four times their diameter and also that were place two diameters length from the wall, while, Alberti used a simple of squares, with three main squares diving the Façade, two squares on the lower story flank the extraordinarily classicizing main portal; likewise, the temple atop the frieze fits within a

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