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| Author(s): |
Artur Simões Rozestraten
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI) |
| Defense date: | 2007-11-21 |
| Examining board members: |
Luiz Americo de Souza Munari;
Julio Roberto Katinsky;
Terezinha Oliveira;
Maria Eurydice de Barros Ribeiro;
Fernanda Fernandes da Silva
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| Advisor: | Luiz Americo de Souza Munari |
| Abstract | |
In contrast with the material vestiges scarcity of the supposed medieval architects three-dimensional models, there is a profusion of artistic representations (mosaics, frescos and sculptures) that show figures (Popes, Kings, Princes and Saints) holding architectural models, particularly churches. This research, supported by FAPESP, concentrates on the artistic motif of the figure holding the architectural model and its relations with real architecture, architectural three-dimensional representation and the medieval imaginary on architectural creation. Methodological procedure identifies, describes, analyzes and interpretates an iconographic corpus of the most significant representations of the artistic motif in focus produced in Europe and Asia Minor, between the fall of the Occidental Roman Empire (AD V) and the Italian Quatrocento. The iconographic study of this motif, considering its plastic characteristics, its possible formal relations, and its symbolic meanings, aims to contribute for a better understanding of its relations with the architectural design thought, between the Roman world and the Renaissance. (AU) | |