The Geometries of S. Andrea al Quirinale

1989 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia M. Smyth-Pinney
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Visual Experience ◽  
Geometric Method ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Final Design ◽  
Resolution Analysis ◽  
The Church

The unusual complexities of the oval plan of Bernini's S. Andrea al Quirinale result from a series of variations founded in traditional Renaissance geometric method. Through the comparative analysis of new measured drawings of the church and existing archival evidence, the development of the design is traced from its initial Serlian beginnings to its final innovative resolution. Analysis of the drawings in conjunction with historical documents confirms Bernini's use of conservative geometric procedures and reveals the reasons for his subsequent departure from strictest practice. The manipulation of geometry, proportion, and dimension arose not only out of Bernini's concern for conceptual clarity and theoretical orthodoxy, but also from a desire to use geometry in the support of spatial organization. The geometry of the final design illuminates and underlines the essential simplicity of the interior and gives us a better understanding of Bernini's intentions for the viewer's visual experience.

scholarly journals Architect Ludwig Melville and Art Nouveau Architecture in Liepāja

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Jānis Krastiņš
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Art Nouveau

Abstract The article analyzes the works of Liepāja’s architect Ludwig William Melville, who was previously unknown but in fact is really remarkable and sets his place in the legacy of Liepāja Art Nouveau architecture. Several historical documents have been used in the study and L. Melville as a potential architect of many buildings has been identified through a broad formally-stylistic comparative analysis.

scholarly journals MULTI-SENSOR DATA ACQUISITION AND INTEGRATION PROCESSES FOR THE STUDY AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI IN PIZZOFALCONE IN NAPLES

2021 ◽  
Vol XLVI-M-1-2021 ◽  
pp. 571-578
Author(s):  
M. Pulcrano ◽  
S. Scandurra ◽  
E. Fragalà ◽  
D. Palomba ◽  
A. di Luggo
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Complete Representation ◽  
Passive Sensors ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
The Church ◽  
3D Digital Models

Abstract. The paper presents the results of a research carried out on the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Pizzofalcone in Naples, in which multi-sensor surveys have been performed in order to assess the architectonical, geometrical and colorimetric characteristics of the majestic basilica. The use of integrated technologies made it possible to realize 3D digital models that allowed the complete representation of the building, integrating data and filling the gaps of the different previous surveys. The performances of the various reality-based technologies employed have been subjected to critical analysis in order to maximize their potential, optimize survey and data elaboration phases, and obtain the expected results. These latter have been defined through the derived digital re-elaborations and representations. Hence, the objective of the research is to carry out a comparative analysis on the 3D models generated through the different active and passive sensors employed in order to proceed with their integration and achieve an accurate, original and updated methodology of building survey.

scholarly journals Die ontstaan van belydenisskrifte gedurende die sestiende en sewentiende eeu

1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Historical Documents ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Political Background ◽  
Background History ◽  
The Church

The origin of Reformed confessions during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This article examins the background, history and development of Reformed confessions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but especially the Swiss and French confessions which influenced the Belgic Confession of Faith, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Articles of Dordt. The premise is that if we really want to understand and interpret confessions, they must be read against their historical, theological and political background. At the same time confessions cannot be properly understood in isolation from their present context, that is, being confessions of the church. Confessions are not only historical documents, but of immense importance to the church which must confess its faith in the present.

scholarly journals Gli schiavoni e la Santa Casa di Loreto fra '400 e '500: la confraternita, gli architetti, le maestranze e i materiali fra tradizioni storiografiche e verifiche documentarie

Ars Adriatica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Francesca Coltrinari
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Products ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Building Site ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Different Origins ◽  
Entrepreneurial Strategy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The article analyses the relationship between the building site of the Holy House of Loreto and the Eastern Adriatic in view of the stories about the Sanctuary’s foundation and historical documents, which show a strong presence of Schiavoni, organized from 1476 as an ethnic confraternity with their own priests, canons, and a hospital for the pilgrims. Having examined the role of bishops such as Francesco Morosini, Bishop of Poreč, and Giovanni Venieri from Recanati, Archbishop of Ragusa, the author focuses on the architects Marino di Marco Cedrino and Pietro Amorosi, documented in Loreto between 1470 and 1474 and between 1487 and 1512, respectively. Both were active as masters at the building site of the Basilica of Loreto and have been traditionally considered as originating from “Dalmatia”. However, an in-depth analysis of the sources concerning the two masters, including some newly discovered documents, have made it possible to prove different origins for both: Venetian for Cedrino and Lombard for Amorosi. Notwithstanding these results, Loreto can still be considered as an “Illyrian” building site: in fact, this sanctuary was one of the major engines of artistic contacts between the two shores of the Adriatic. These contacts concerned the transport and working of Istrian stone for the church and the apostolic palace, which involved a great number of architects, stonemasons, sculptors, and ship owners from the mid-15th until the end of the 16th century. In Rovinj, suitable supervisors and trusted stonemasons were in charge of the first selection and the first working of the stone. For the transport from Rovinj to Loreto, the architect of the Holy House, Giovanni Boccalini from Carpi (1555-1580) had a specially built ship for transporting wheat, oil, and other agricultural products of the Holy House to be sold in Istria in exchange for stone, which is a typical entrepreneurial strategy.

scholarly journals The Selamluk in Vranje, part II: Architectonic characteristics of structural and decorative elements

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-188
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Miric ◽  
Nadja Kurtovic-Folic ◽  
Goran Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Typical Representative ◽  
The Family ◽  
Female Part

The complex of the Pasini konaci in Vranje, was built in the second half of the 18th century, and it is composed of two buildings. The pasha used to reside in the Selamluk with his entourage, while the Haremluk was a residence of the female part of the family. Due to the continuing use of these two buildings, their architectonic characteristics and historical environment were preserved to a great extent. Nowadays, the Selamluk and Haremluk have been declared the cultural property of great importance for Serbia. The first part of the paper about the Selamluk treated the genesis of spatial organization and architectonic form of the building on the basis of historical sources. This part analyzes the structural and decorative elements of the Selamluka in Vranje as a typical representative of the Balkan Oriental housing architecture. Cultural, historical, artistic and craftsmanship values, based on the material acquired during the field work, were discussed. The detailed study and comparative analysis of the Selamluk characteristics provided a contribution to understanding of specific values in the architectonic evaluation of town structures in this part of the Balkan peninsula.

scholarly journals Wall paintings from the late 15th century in the Monastery church of St. Paraskeve - Brajcino

2007 ◽  
pp. 549-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorija Popovska-Korobar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
The West ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Lake Prespa ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Last Judgment ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Church

The Monastery of St. Paraskevy is located above the village Brajcino, on the east shore of Lake Prespa in the Republic of Macedonia. In accordance with the incomplete donor?s inscription this one aisle church with a pitched roof was built and decorated at the same time. Reparations came around 1800, when rebuilding was done on the longitudinal walls and the narthex (without fresco decoration). The fresco paintings from the 15th century are preserved on the west facade, and on the east and west wall of the naos. The decorative program in the interior was common for the small type monastery churches without narthex. From the old edifice, on the corner of the outside southwest wall visible are remains of figures, a monk and a man in laymen?s attire facing eastward. The iconographic program of the west facade is interesting for the scenes which encompass the patrons niche: a reduced Last Judgment (Royal Deesis, Hell and Paradise, where the monk Pahomios above the gate is depicted in prayer) and the equestrian figures of St. George and St. Mena. A parallel for the rare iconography of St. Mena with the tamed beasts is found in an unpublished icon, which most probably was painted in the last quarter of the 15th century, and is kept presently on the iconostasis of the church of Panagia tou Apostolaki in Kastoria. In accordance with all the considered characteristics by means of comparative analysis, we assume that the anonymous master could be an individual who belonged to the painting workshops which are credited for painting the church of St. Nicholas of the nun Eupraxia in Kastoria. We suppose the painter worked in Brajcino soon after the year 1486 and before 1493, when the decoration of the church in Kremikovci was completed, in which he most likely took part as a member of another large workshop. Regarding the question about the origins of the style of the 'master from the 1480?s', the paper articulates an opinion that they should be traced not only in the long painting traditions of Kastoria and Ohrid, but also in the collaboration of the masters and the spread of their works in these two important centers of the Ohrid Archbishopric.

scholarly journals The Impotent Leader and The Legacy of the Church

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bård Eirik Hallesby Norheim ◽  
Joar Haga
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Church Of Sweden ◽  
The Future ◽  
Formal Power ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
The Church ◽  
Deliberative Rhetoric

When a leader leaves office, the leader becomes impotent, divested of power. This makes the actual moment of farewell a particularly interesting case study in leadership, as the farewell moment marks the transition of power from one leader to another. Many leaders use the point of departure as an opportunity to articulate the legacy of the institution they leave behind. This article offers a rhetorical and theological analysis of the farewell sermon delivered by former presiding bishop of the Church of Norway, Helga Haugland Byfuglien in January 2020, and a shorter, comparative analysis of the equivalent farewell sermon of the former Archbishop of the Church of Sweden, Anders Wejryd (2014). The article analyses how Byfuglien and Wejryd conceptualize the legacy of the church with the use of epideictic and deliberative rhetoric (rhetorical analysis) and discuss what kind of legacy (theological analysis and discussion) they promote. The article argues that both Byfuglien and Wejryd use the farewell sermon as a rhetorical opportunity to articulate the church`s legacy for the future, although their own formal power to execute that legacy is coming to an end. Byfuglien appeals to a diaconal vision of the church`s legacy, with a tendency to emphasize the church`s welcoming and inclusive character. Wejryd addresses the current ecclesiological situation in more detail. By assessing the church`s numerical decline and changed societal status as a crisis, he mainly appeals to the church`s missional legacy. The article concludes that the farewell sermons of both Byfuglien and Wejryd may be interpreted as a sort of inheritance dispute, or better heritage dispute: In their farewell sermons, the departing bishops present their last(ing) act of leadership, appealing to the audience to commit to a particular vision of the church`'s legacy.

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