Formal Analysis
Instruction by Peter Eisenman
These drawings were produced for Formal Analysis, a required first-year seminar at the Yale School of Architecture examining Italian Renaissance and Baroque architecture through close formal analysis. The course asked students to draw the underlying geometries, spatial relationships, and conceptual intentions that shape them. The drawings presented here examine Alberti's façade strategies at the Tempio Malatestiano, Michelangelo's deliberate distortions in the Laurentian Library, and the evolving design of St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante, Sangallo, and Michelangelo.