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I. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND
CLIMATIC CONDITION
 Italy is a Mediterranean country located in
southern Europe.
 With its hot, dry summers and cool, wet
winters, Italy experiences a
mediterranean climate.
II. WAY OF LIFE
 Pope Leo X, after the fall of Rome
“the Germans” (i Tedesclzi) began to revive Art a
little, but in their ornaments, they were clumsy
and very far from the fine manner of the Romans.”
Vasari and Palladio join in pouring contempt on
those who admired the German style, the only
excuse for which according to Raffaelle was that it
originated in imitation of growing trees, whose
interlacing boughs formed pointed arches, and
that it was so far conformable to nature, and
therefore not entirely despicable ’.
 The country was divided into different
portions belonging to the larger towns, which
afterwards became principalities
 Mixture of lands ruled by nobles.
 Feudal system - landlords ruled with
tyranny.
III. STRUCTURE
 Primary Characteristics
 CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM
 Pointed Arch  
 Ribbed Vault
 Tall & Slender Columns
 Flying Buttresses
 DECORATIONS
 Sculptural Compositions &
Enrichments
 Gargoyles
 Tracery
 Flamboyant Arch
 Stained Glass
 ROOF & OPENINGS
 Spire
 Rose Window
IV. BUILDING MATERIALS
 Central Italy: bricks, volcanic tufa or
perperino, Tivolo travertine stone and
Carrara marble
 Northern Italy: brick and marble
 South Italy and Sicily: limestone and
marble
V. NOTABLE BUILDINGS
 NAPLES CATHEDRAL
 It started the construction by Charles
II of Anjou, King of Naples together
with Archbishop James of Viterbo.
 Naples was first build from mix
architectural style such as, Gothic,
Renaissance, Baroque and Neo-
Gothic.
 The large nave of the cathedral has
16 piers incorporated with more than
100 classical granite columns.
 Other names: Cattedrale di Santa
Maria Assunta, Duomo di Napoli and
Duomo di San Gennaro
 MILAN CATHEDRAL
 It took 582 years to build Milan Cathedral .
is located in the center of an ancient street
network. 1.
 Its style is notably different from bottom to VI. NOTABLE PERSONS
top. The lower level, constructed in early
1600s, is Renaissance style while the higher
portion of the façade follows a Gothic style.  The Cistercian Monks
 The Gothic roofline is famous for its dense  The gothic style of architecture started
grid of pinnacles and spires supported by around 12th century and was imported
to Italy because of Cistercian monks.
flying buttresses
 SANTA MARIA DELLA SPINA  Gian Galeazzo Visconti
 The church was given a name Santa  He ruled the Milanese territories.
Maria di Pontenovo when it was built in
1230. It was change to Spina which  When his father died, he was tasked
means thorn due to presence of thorn to inherit his rule over Milan along with
on the crown his uncle taking half of the territory
under his rule.
 BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI VII. ARCHITECTURAL TERMINOLOGY
 The constructions of the basilica began
in 1228 and inside are two different  Île-de-France (Island of France)
churches, the Lower church and the
Upper church  the most populous of the 18 regions of
France.
 The architecture of the basilica is a mix  Edifice
of Gothic and Romanesque styles. The  a large building, especially an
lower basilica via the side portal in impressive one.
Gothic style
 Mendicant Orders
 Have an amazing staircase, commonly
named De Steegheere which leads to  Christian religious order that have
upper chapel adopted a lifestyle of poverty,
Ornamented on the exterior with traveling, and living in urban areas
etched statues.
 Abbey
 consists of a complex of buildings
 The Cathedral of Our Lady serving the needs of a self-contained
 Belgium’s one of the most striking religious community.
examples of Romanesque architecture
in Europe and a UNESCO World  Belfry
Heritage site.
 nave with extraordinary dimensions  a structure enclosing bells for ringing
 a wealth of sculpture on its capitals as part of a building, usually as part of
 a transept topped by five towers, all a bell tower or steeple.
precursors of the Gothic style.
 it is this Romanesque cathedral that  Lancet window
still stands today.
 very high narrow windows, always
much taller than they are wide.
They're topped with sharp acute
arches, that is arches formed by an
angle tighter and narrower than 90
 Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht degrees
 A prominent Roman Catholic basilica fr
om the 11th century. 
 The main attraction
is Our Lady, Star of the Sea's  Rosette
miraculous statue. 
 Healing reports were documented after   an ornament in the form of a rose or
the Virgin Mary's intercession was invo roundel
ked.
 Netherlands ' most beautiful square.
 Piers
 Basilica of St. Servantius
- St. Servatius, Maastricht's to begin  in architecture, is an upright support
with religious for a structure or superstructure
administrator, designated around 380,
is buried within the tomb.
- reliquaries molded by Maastricht
goldsmiths. The
basilica's insides are generally Roman
esque, and reclamations have given it
a cool, controlled climate, emphasizing
the basic curves and vaults.
- Built from the year 1000.
- A statue of Head Charlemagne
stands within the church.
- The southern tower of the west wall
holds Grameer (Grandma),
the biggest chime in Holland.