St. Peter’s Basilica has attracted painters and surveyors since the early stages of the construction site, but it was its completion and the start of the «sinisters and various voices» on the dome’s solidity to promote unprecedented aptitude in surveys both to reveal the marvel of its forms and to verify the stability of its structures. Different surveys that take over a century to elaborate: from 1620, when Martino Ferrabosco published his renderings on the basilica, to 1743 when Giovanni Poleni and Luigi Vanvitelli did their surveys for their analysis on its static behaviour and for the restoration of the Vatican dome.
La basilica di San Pietro ha attirato vedutisti e rilevatori sin dalle prime fasi di cantiere, ma sono il suo completamento e l’inizio delle «sinistre, e varie voci» sulla solidità della cupola a promuovere nei rilievi inedite attitudini, sia per conoscere la meraviglia delle sue forme che per verificare la stabilità delle sue strutture. Rilievi diversi che si vengono elaborando per oltre un secolo: dal 1620, quando Martino Ferrabosco pubblica i suoi elaborati sulla basilica, al 1743, quando Giovanni Poleni e Luigi Vanvitelli realizzano i loro rilievi per l’analisi sul comportamento statico e per il restauro della cupola vaticana.
La basilica di San Pietro: rilievi come modelli di conoscenza (XVII e XVIII secolo)
De Sanctis Aldo;Lio Antonio;Zappani Antonio Agostino
2018-01-01
Abstract
St. Peter’s Basilica has attracted painters and surveyors since the early stages of the construction site, but it was its completion and the start of the «sinisters and various voices» on the dome’s solidity to promote unprecedented aptitude in surveys both to reveal the marvel of its forms and to verify the stability of its structures. Different surveys that take over a century to elaborate: from 1620, when Martino Ferrabosco published his renderings on the basilica, to 1743 when Giovanni Poleni and Luigi Vanvitelli did their surveys for their analysis on its static behaviour and for the restoration of the Vatican dome.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.