Search results for " STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA"

Oltre l'illusionismo pittorico: i teatrini prospettici nell'architettura siciliana tra Seicento e Settecento

2015

Durante i primi trentanni del XVI secolo l'uso in Sicilia di composizioni scultoree in prospettiva subì un significativo sviluppo grazie all'opera di Antonello Gagini (1478ca-1536) che conferì un vero e proprio effetto tridimensionale alle immagini scolpite nel marmo dando luogo ai cosiddetti "teatrini prospettici". L'inizio artistico di Giacomo Serpotta (1656-1732) diede il via ad una nuova, breve ma significativa fase orientata verso nuovi effetti prospettici. During the first thirty of the 16th century the use in Sicily of perspective compositions in sculptural reliefs underwent significanti development thanks to the work of Antonello Gagini (1478ca-1536) who passed previous models and l…

Committenti, teorie e modelli (XV-XVI secolo)

2022

The chapter deals with the theme of the role of clients in architectural debate in Italy during 15th and 16th centuries, trough a slection of case studies.

Il caracol quadrato in Sicilia (XVI secolo)

2022

Square spiral staircases appear in Sicily during the 16th century in different contexts and for different purposes. This contribution focuses on two case studies at the “opposite poles” of a casuistry that shares the common characteristics of suspended ramps revolving within a square masonry box around a central void. By analysing these cases we find a probable link with models from Spain. At the same time, they demonstrate a common descent from a constructive culture rooted in the Spanish and Mediterranean stereotomic experience of the early modern age.

MUTAZIONI IN CORSA: L’AVVENTURA DELLA COSTRUZIONE DI UNA FACCIATA DEL SETTECENTO. LA CHIESA DI SAN GIOVANNI A VIZZINI

2022

A series of documents helps to define the history of the genesis of an eighteenth-century church façade in Sicily: the church of San Giovanni in Vizzini. The history reveals a constant change of intentions and an empirical approach where, without necessarily proceeding to demolish the already built, the project is subjected to continuous revisions and additions. The process therefore reveals a radical alternative to the idea of an orderly succession between drawing and execution.

Earthquake-resistant construction techniques in Italy between 1880 and 1910: alternatives to reinforced concrete

2017

The series of earthquakes that struck Italy between the late nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century spurred a lively debate about earthquake-resistant buildings that, through the influence of foreign experience, resulted in specialised literature and competitions that gave rise to a series of interesting patents. Innovative construction solutions for seismic areas were largely developed after the earthquake that struck the cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria in 1908, alongside the parallel advances in reinforced concrete. New earthquake-resistant construction solutions were based on a reassessment of traditional construction methods that used bricks, timber or me…

Echi del terremoto. Francesco Valenti, Ernesto Basile, Antonio Zanca, Enrico Calandra a confronto per Messina

2008

Recensioni

2012

London 2012. Sustainable Design, Delivering a Games Legacy è una monografia pubblicata nel gennaio del 2012, dalla casa editrice americana John Wiley & Sons Inc., e non ancora radotta in italiano. In quest’opera l’autrice, Hattie Hartman, architetto e urban designer, formatosi alla Harvard University e al Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scrive alla luce dell’esperienza maturata come Sustainability editor nel settimanale inglese “The Architects’ Journal”, edito dal 1896 a compendio del famoso mensile internazionale “The Architectural Review”, proponendoci una lettura sulla sostenibilità dei lavori per le Olimpiadi di Londra 2012.

Timoteo Calvo Ibarra (1799-1879). Un arquitecto valenciano durante el reinado de Isabel II.

2015

In the complex scene of valencian architecture of 19th century, Timoteo Calvo Ibarra should be considered as one of the most representative authors. In his designs and interventions, such as the Literary University, the construction of new Cathedral’s Altarpiece, they are apparent the peculiarities of the first Historicism, coincident with Isabelline period. In this first stage of historicism, the homogeneity and guarantee of good taste that classicism provided was no longer valid as unique option and it will be simultaneous with romantic architecture represented by the first historicist experiences, which will conclude with the burst onto the scene of the eclecticism in the restoration of …

ALBERTO CALZA BINI ARCHITETTO (1881-1957)

2011

Ameglio, Giovanni (Palermo 1854 - Roma 1921), Generale, Senatore

2008

Governatore della Tripolitania e della Cirenaica durante e poco dopo il primo conflitto mondiale (periodo in cui si pongono le basi per le nuove urbanizzazioni delle città costiere della Libia), Ameglio è uno dei principali protagonisti delle spedizioni militari dei primi quattro decenni di espansionismo coloniale italiano. L’eco delle sue gesta d’oltremare contribuì non poco al rilancio in Sicilia del gusto per l’orientalismo e per le arabisances sia nell’arredo e nella decorazione degli interni sia in architettura (fra le tante opere di questa tendenza ricordiamo il chiosco di E. Armò in via Roma del 1912, dedicato alla sua celebre vittoria passata alla storia come “Battaglia delle Due Pa…