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L'influenza delle incisioni romane nell'architettura siciliana del Settecento

2013

The aim of this essay is to assess the real influence of Roman architectural engravings in Sicily, particularly focusing on the series of doors and windows published in the second volume of Andrea Pozzo’s treatise (1700) as well as on those included in Gian Giacomo and Domenico Rossi’s publications, with particular reference to the first volume of Studio di Architettura Civile (Roma 1702). The research focuses on the work of the three main characters of Sicilian Late Baroque, Giovan Amico (1684-1754), Rosario Gagliardi (1690-1762) and Giovanni Battista Vaccarini (1702-1768) whose professional activity, almost synchronous, identifies the time, indicatively included between 1720 and 1750, whe…