Renaissance architecture in Central and Eastern Europe
Renaissance architecture was that style of architecture which evolved firstly in Florence and then Rome and other parts of Italy as the result of Renaissance humanism and a revived interest in Classical architecture. It was part of the general movement known as the Italian Renaissance, which spread outwards from Italy and effected many aspects of scholarship and the arts. When the Renaissance spirit was exported into Eastern Europe, it had to compromise with local traditions and climates. The Renaissance style differs from place to place throughout the region with many local characteristics making themselves apparent.
Renaissance architecture in the Kingdom of Poland
In the Second period (1550–1600), Renaissance architecture became more common, with the beginnings of
In the Third period (1600–1650), the rising power of
Renaissance architecture in the Kingdom of Hungary
After Italy, Hungary was the first European country where the Renaissance appeared.[3] The Renaissance style came directly from Italy during the Quattrocento to Hungary first in the Central European region, thanks to the development of early Hungarian-Italian relationships—not only in dynastic connections, but also in cultural, humanistic and commercial relations—growing in strength from the 14th century. The relationship between Hungarian and Italian Gothic styles was a second reason—exaggerated breakthrough of walls is avoided, preferring clean and light structures. Large-scale building schemes provided ample and long term work for the artists, for example, the building of the Friss (New) Castle in Buda, the castles of Visegrád, Tata and Várpalota. In Sigismund's court there were patrons such as Pipo Spano, a descendant of the Scolari family of Florence, who invited Manetto Ammanatini and Masolino da Pannicale to Hungary.[4]
The new Italian trend combined with existing national traditions to create a particular local Renaissance art. Acceptance of Renaissance art was furthered by the continuous arrival of humanist thought in the country. Many young Hungarians studying at Italian universities came closer to the
Buda Castle was enlarged and modernized in Renaissance style. King Matthias also built a sumptuous summer palace in Visegrád and an Italianate hunting lodge in Budanyék. These monuments were largely destroyed in the Ottoman wars but the remains of the Visegrád Palace were partially reconstructed around 2000 and 69 years ago .[6]
The Ottoman conquest of Hungary in 1526 put an abrupt end to the short-lived Hungarian Renaissance. The royal court ceased to exist but Hungarian landowner families in the
Many significant Renaissance castles were built in
Renaissance architecture in the Crown of Bohemia
The Renaissance style first appeared in the lands of the Bohemian Crown in the 1490s. Bohemia together with its incorporated lands, especially Moravia, thus ranked among the areas of the Holy Roman Empire with the earliest known examples of the Renaissance architecture.[7] As well as in other Central European countries the Gothic style kept its position especially in the church architecture. The traditional Gothic architecture was considered timeless and therefore able to express the sacredness. The Renaissance architecture coexisted with the Gothic style in Bohemia and Moravia until the late 16th century.
During the reign of Holy Roman Emperor and Bohemian King
Renaissance architecture in Russia
Prince
In 1485 Ivan III commissioned the building of a royal
In 1505, an Italian known in Russia as
Between the early 16th and the late 17th centuries, however, an original tradition of stone tented roof architecture had been developed in Russia. It was quite unique and different from the contemporary Renaissance architecture elsewhere in Europe, though some researches call that style 'Russian Gothic' and compare it with the European Gothic architecture of the earlier period. The Italians, with their advanced technology, may have influenced the appearance of the stone tented roof in Russia (the wooden tents were known in Russia and Europe long before). According to one hypothesis, an Italian architect called Petrok Maly may have been an author of the Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye, one of the earliest and most prominent tented roof churches.
Renaissance architecture in Lithuania
Category:Renaissance architecture in Lithuania
Gallery of Renaissance buildings
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Croatia
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Poland
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Ukraine
See also
References
- ^ "Old City of Zamość". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Harald Busch, Bernd Lohse, Hans Weigert, Baukunst der Renaissance in Europa. Von Spätgotik bis zum Manierismus, Frankfurt af Main, 1960
Wilfried Koch, Style w architekturze, Warsaw 1996
Tadeusz Broniewski, Historia architektury dla wszystkich Wydawnictwo Ossolineum, 1990
Mieczysław Gębarowicz, Studia nad dziejami kultury artystycznej późnego renesansu w Polsce, Toruń 1962 - ISBN 978-0-674-06346-4.
- ISBN 963-13-4129-1, 963-13-4727-3
- ^ Image of Bakócz Chapel (1506–08)
- ^ image of reconstructed Visegrád Palace
- ISBN 9783861952503.
Further reading
- Miskimin, Harry A. (1977). The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe 1460–1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Johnson, Lonnie, (1996). Central Europe : Enemies, Neighbors, Friends: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends. New York: Oxford University Press
- Labno, Jeannie (2011). Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child: Funeral Monuments and Their European Context. Farnham: MPG Books Group.
- Kaufmann, T. D. (1995). Court, cloister, and city the art and culture of Central Europe, 1450–1800. Chicago (Ill.): University of Chicago Press.
- Anderson, J. (2009). Crossing cultures: conflict, migration and convergence : the proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art. Carlton, Vic: Miegunyah Press.
- Jokilehto, Jukka (2011). World heritage: observations on decisions related to cultural heritage. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development. 1, 61–74.
- Freedman, J. S. (1999). Philosophy and the arts in Central Europe, 1500–1700: teaching and texts at schools and universities. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Bowe, P., & Sapieha, N. (1991). Gardens in Central Europe. [UK], Antique Collectors' Club.
- Kaufmann, T. D. (1988). Art and architecture in Central Europe, 1550–1620: an annotated bibliography. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall.
- Lee, A., Péporté, P., & Schnitker, H. (2010). Renaissance? perceptions of continuity and discontinuity in Europe, c.1300-c.1550. Leiden: Brill.
- (2008). Bohemia & Central Europe 1200–1550: the permanent exhibition of the collection of Old Masters of the National Gallery in Prague at the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia. Prague: National Gallery.
- PAVEL KALINA – European Diplomacy, Family Strategies, and the Origins of Renaissance Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe