Essays on Loggia

People of Renaissance had a fully-fledged and multi-faceted life and attained a high degree of perfection at the same time in different areas of knowledge and art. The aim of this paper is to review the life of one of Italy’s Renaissance men, Benvenuto Cellini and a review of his early work. The best prime years of his work as an artist were the years in which he sculpted the colossal bronze statue of Perseus. According to ancient Greek mythology, Perseus was the son of Zeus, Lord of the Olympian gods, who was attracted by the beauty of ...

Introduction

Andrea Palladio is one of the world’s most influential architects. His ideas, known as Palladianism, may be seen in numerous buildings in the world which are styled neo-classically. For example, in Washington, the Capitol, Whitehouse and the John A. Wilson building embody Palladio’s style and motifs. He was born in Padua, Venice in 1508 and became the apprentice to a stone cutter at the age of 13 before fleeing to Vicenza. He became an assistant in the Vicenza masons guild. While at Vicenza, he met Giangiorgio Trissino, an amateur architect, who took care of him. Palladio also worked ...

The Ospedale degli Innocenti, or 'Hospital of the Innocents,' is an historical building designed by Filippo Brunelleschi in 1419. Located in Florence, its original purpose was that of a children's orphanage, and exists as a prime example of the tenets and forms of the architecture of the early Italian Renaissance. The patron of the building itself is the Arte della Seta of Florence, one of the wealthiest guilds in the city, which focused on philanthropy. To that end, the Foundling Hospital was created to house orphans from all over Italy. The uniquely classical design, the low height and the sprawling ...