Publication: Meraviglie astronomiche in architettura. Riflessi del tempo nelle opere di Emmanuel Maignan
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Bortot, Alessio
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Publicaciones Enredars / Andavira Editora
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Con il termine ‘architetture del sapere’ è possibile identificare una certa tipologia di edifici concepiti per racchiudere o tramandare una conoscenza. Nelle pieghe della storia tali luoghi hanno assunto caratteristiche differenti, anche se sono sempre stati accomunati dalla relazione sinergica tra arte e scienza. Sono identificabili all’interno di questa categoria le wunderkammer seicentesche, luoghi destinati ad accogliere collezioni di oggetti rari e curiosi prodotti dalla natura o per mano dell’uomo. Una categoria specifica di tali meraviglie del sapere è rappresentata dalle raccolte di oggetti scientifici, in particolare quelli destinati allo studio dei fenomeni celesti, spesso realizzati in scala architettonica per garantire una maggiore precisione delle osservazioni. A queste architetture astronomiche è riconducibile anche l’orologio solare catottrico realizzato dal frate minimo Emmanuel Maignan a Roma presso Palazzo Spada nel 1646.
The use of the expression ‘architecture of knowledge’ can be connected to the definition of a precise typology of buildings conceived to keep alive or pass down precise concepts. Between the folds of time these places have acquired different characteristics, even if a common feature has always been the syn- ergical relationship between art and science. In this context we can mention the seventeenth-century wunderkammer that used to gather collections of rare and curious objects created by nature or by man. A specific category of these wonders are the collection of scientific objects, in particular those related to the study of the celestial phenomena, often built according to an architectural scale in order to ensure greater precision in terms of observa- tion. For instance, the catoptric sundial –which was fulfilled by the minim friar Emmanuel Maignan within Palazzo Spada in Rome in 1646– belongs exactly to this typology of astronomical architectures.
The use of the expression ‘architecture of knowledge’ can be connected to the definition of a precise typology of buildings conceived to keep alive or pass down precise concepts. Between the folds of time these places have acquired different characteristics, even if a common feature has always been the syn- ergical relationship between art and science. In this context we can mention the seventeenth-century wunderkammer that used to gather collections of rare and curious objects created by nature or by man. A specific category of these wonders are the collection of scientific objects, in particular those related to the study of the celestial phenomena, often built according to an architectural scale in order to ensure greater precision in terms of observa- tion. For instance, the catoptric sundial –which was fulfilled by the minim friar Emmanuel Maignan within Palazzo Spada in Rome in 1646– belongs exactly to this typology of astronomical architectures.




