Search results for "XVIII century"
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Alberti di Villanuova et son dictionnaire "universel" bilingue
2013
Nelle terre degli “eretici” L’opera degli allievi di Carlo Fontana in Sicilia
2017
La comunicazione, articolata a quattro mani, intende approfondire l’esperienza professionale svolta in Sicilia da alcuni degli architetti formatisi presso l’atelier di Carlo Fontana o presso l’Accademia di San Luca. L’ipotesi di lavoro è quella di saggiare in che modo i modelli di scuola romana e l’ortodossia classicista abbiano trovato spazi in un’isola dove, dalla seconda metà del XVII secolo, le tendenze dominanti sono orientate all’iperdecorazione e caratterizzate da forme di contaminazione professionale tra architettura e scultura. Studiando l’attività di architetti come Giacomo Amato o i progetti prodotti da Giovan Batista Contini, Romano Carapecchia o Nicola Michetti si esamineranno …
Settlement strategies of the Dominicans in Palermo from the Middle Ages to the late Baroque
2014
This paper proposes some reflections on the settlement strategies pursued by the Dominicans in Palermo between the founding of the first conventual settlements, from the 13th century to the transformations of the 17th and 18th centuries as a result of expansion and renovation projects imposed by the Counter-Reformation. The research analyzes for the first time the dialogue between the architecture promoted by the Dominicans and the becoming of the city over the centuries through the continuous and articulated design traces and construction relating to different locations pertaining to enforcement, male (San Domenico and Santa Cita) and female (Santa Caterina and Santa Maria della Pietà), pl…
Il rococò a Valencia e la sua applicazione nell’adorno architettonico
2019
Riassunto: Il Rococò si manifestò nella città di Valencia durante il trentennio centrale del Settecento e si espresse in tutte le forme dell’arte. Raggiunse l’apice della sua ricchezza nella decorazione degli interni, primi tra tutti quelli del palazzo de Dos Aguas e della vicina chiesa di San Andrés. Il suo successo cessò con l’avvento dell’Accademismo, che con l’istituzione della Reale Accademia di Belle Arti di San Carlos nel 1768, pretese il controllo delle arti sotto il segno del neoclassicismo. Si è sempre relegato il Rococò nelle ultime pagine dell’evoluzione del Barocco valenzano e manca uno studio indipendente del Rococò valenciano, delle sue fonti stilistiche, dei modelli che impi…
“Maria-nuova Eva”: un’insolita iconografia per un’Immacolata Concezione alabastrina del XVIII secolo
2015
Protagonista dell’articolo è un’inedita Immacolata Concezione in alabastro dorato e dipinto individuata in una collezione privata dell’isola di Malta. Particolarmente affascinante risulta la sua iconografia, che afferma con forza il dogma dell’Immacolata Concezione, e quindi l’assoluta innocenza spirituale della Vergine, ma anche il suo ruolo salvifico svolto in favore dell’umanità intera, privata della redenzione per l’errore commesso dalla progenitrice Eva. The article is dealing with an unpublished Immaculate Conception in gilded and painted alabaster located in a private collection of the island of Malta. Its iconography is very attractive. It firmly establishes the dogma of the Immacul…
Il progetto di Juvarra per la scala di Palazzo Spadafora a Messina, analisi e ricostruzione digitale
2017
The project by Juvarra for the stair hall of Palazzo Spadafora in Messina, analysis and digital reconstruction This paper presents the results of an historical, architectural and geometrical study on the project by Filippo Juvarra for the stair hall of Palazzo Spadafora in Messina. Some drawings describing the project are today part of different album by Filippo Juvarra preserved in New York and Parigi and show different versions of the stair hall. Although conceived in the first part of Juvarra's career, in 1705, the complex project for Palazzo Spadafora is characterized by originality and sperimentalism, expecially in relation to the panorama of central and southern Italy in the first hal…
Gli Alliata di Villafranca e Salaparuta. La facciata torre della chiesa madre di Salaparuta
2021
The contribution traces the story relating to the construction of the tower facade of the Mother Church of Salaparuta, destroyed by the earthquake of the Belice Valley in 1968 and of which there are, in addition to the historical iconography, also many stone blocks that once constituted the imposing structure. The research conducted evaluates any designers, the reference models identifiable in some Austrian area solutions, the design constraints determined by the seismic rush of the area, the similarities and differences with the architectures of the same type identified in the eastern area of Sicily and built after the earthquake of 1693.
Oficery pol’skoj i litovskoj armii v 1717-1733 gg
2017
One of the elements of the process of modernization of the two armies of the Poland in the second and third decade of the eighteenth century was an attempt to improve the quality of the officers' staff.However, it took place only in the foreign part of the crown. In the years 1717-1724, its corps of officers was filled by a large group, over 100 officers, who possessed some professional experience of military service in the armies of Western Europe, primarily in Saxony. This undoubtedly contributed to the loyalty of this officer corps to the king, but did not lead to the strengthening of the military capabilities of the Polish army.
I disegni di Rosario Gagliardi conservati presso il Dipartimento di Architettura di Palermo
2020
The Department of Architecture of Palermo keeps some drawings related to the activity of one of the greatest architects to have worked in Sicily in the eighteenth century: Rosario Gagliardi (Syracuse, ca. 1690-Noto, 1762). The importance of the small corpus - coming from a collection already constituted in the 18th century (the Mazza Collection) - is also linked to the fact that the drawings include famous edifices of Sicilian Baroque architecture: from the cathedral of San Giorgio in Ragusa to the churches of Santa Chiara and San Domenico in Noto. The thorough examination of the drawings offers the opportunity for a more general reflection on the characteristics of architectural design in …
From the “Sacred Theatres” of Andrea Pozzo to the International Truncated Calotte: History and Representation of the Immacolatella Church’s Tribune i…
2022
The contribution, divided between history and representation, aims to analyse the design genesis and the sources used by the architect Giovanni Amico for the modernization of the Immacolatella church’s tribune in Trapani (since 1732). The church is devoid of studies and surveys with digital instrumentation but its unique compositional characteristics, which exploit the theme of the manipulation of space and light for scenographic and liturgical purposes, require in-depth analysis. The solution applied to the church tribune combines different compositional themes linked to the Roman design world and in particular by Andrea Pozzo in relation to the “sacred theatres” produced for the Jesuits a…