In late Cinquecento the wave of Vitruvian studies involved a second generation of scientists, who came after Copernicanism: these included Palladio's friend, senator and Provveditore of the Arsenale, Giacomo Contarini inventor of a precision compass, and experimental engineers such as Scamozzi and Aleotti, the first modern translator of Heron of Alexandria. They all worked with architecture, stage building and defensive or castle-building. The lecture will address the question of the reciprocal relationship between these different interests.
From Scamozzi to Aleotti and beyond
Paolo Sanvita, Associated Professor of the Humboldt University in Berlin examins in his lecture held on 10 October 2012 at 3.30 p.m. in the Institute of Art History, Husova 4, Prague 1, room 117 the wave of Vitruvian studies which came after Copernicanism in late Cinquecento.
Attached file: 20121010_Sanvito.pdf
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