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1400s, 1500s, 15th Century, 16th Century, Architects, architecture, Donato Bramante, High Renaissance, Italy, Milan, Renaissance, Rome
Many apologies for my lengthy absence, I have been busy getting a new job (wooo!), rehearsing for Oklahoma (which I’m performing in May) and travelling around India with my family for 3 weeks (which was incredible). Time to try and get back into blogging, but with new job starting next week I may disappear again…
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Name: Donato Bramante
Work: Architect
Born: 1444
Died: 1514
Hometown: Milan and Rome, Italy
Period: Renaissance
Influences: Piero della Francesca (assumed tutor), Vitruvius, Alberti, Brunelleschi, Mantegna, Ercole de’Roberti
What I have learnt about his work:
Bramante began as a painter, predominantly of frescoes, but very few of his paintings have survied. He is now best known for his architecture, and designed several churches in Milan in the Antique style, incorporating Ancient Roman details with the new ideas of perspective (his frescoes contained tromp-l’oeil – tricks of the eye, making spaces appear larger or longer). Possibly his best known work is the Tempietto (‘small temple’) in Rome, marking the beginning of the High Renaissance. It focuses on the Ancient ideals of beauty in proportion, ratio and symmetry – a perfectly balanced circular building with a dome above, surrounded by slender Doric columns. It is an elegant revival and reimagining of the classical style.
Tempietto, Donato Bramante
1502
San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
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Great post! I was lucky enough to visit the Tempietto myself recently:
Thanks! Aw really I’m so jealous! It’s on my list of must see buildings 🙂
And I’m jealous of your trip to India!