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Porte e finestre di Tarquinio Ligustri e la loro fortuna nella Sicilia tra Seicento e Settecento
2013
Il Libro de catafalchi, tabernacoli con varij disegni di Porte, fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura…, published by the famous Roman printing house “alla Pace” of Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, is a collection that summarizes the contributions of various authors and engravers and was elaborated between 1667 and 1691. Eight engravings depicting new models for doors, windows and ornamental motifs, which were related to the drawings kept at the Kunstbibliothek in Berlin, have recently been attributed to the well-known painter of Viterbo, Tarquinio Ligustri, through the comparison of an engraving kept in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena, autographed by Ligustri and published in 1596. These e…
Pianta prospettica di Venezia e piazze d'Italia : acqueforti di Giuseppe Brombin
2006
L'uso del trattato di Vignola come modello per l'architettura di età moderna in Sicilia
2013
The Use of Vignola’s Treatise as a Model for the Architecture of Modern Age in Sicily. The paper aims to highlight the influence of the Regola Delli Cinque Ordini by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573) on the architecture of modern age in Sicily. A proof of its actual im- pact on built items can be promptly observed analyzing the ar- chitecture of the time which clearly shows the treatise was used as a catalogue of models in the whole territory of the island, in civil as well as in religious buildings. Not always, however, the engravings are slavishly copied; sometimes the tables are subject to a revision on behalf of architects, craftsmen and clients. Among the engravings whose influence…
Incisioni, immagini e architettura: alcune osservazioni
2013
Between the 16th and the 17th century Europe saw the release of an immense amount of architecture prints pursuing a practical purpose : we are dealing with models for a public of professionals and architects. Though the importance of the phenomenon has been underestimated by historiography, it reaches a noticeable size in geographical areas usually considered peripheral such like Sicily. Nowadays the digital filing systems can provide a fundamental instrument for a deeper understanding of both the users’ behaviour and the assimilation/selection mechanisms orienting the professional practice.