In recent years the complex of buildings that set up the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Laterano was the subject of several researches, which reviewed the chronology of these artefacts on the basis of new stratigraphical investigations. In addition, archival studies clarified the role of the modernisations drawn up in modern times. And that’s because it was precisely such transformations that determined the current appearance of the baptistery. On several occasions – between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – these interventions mainly concerned the image of the paleochristian octagonal building, primarily from the interior perspective. Particularly the wooden ceilings seem to be interesting, especially because they were renewed at the time of Pope Urban VIII Barberini (1623-1644): Domenico Castelli (1582ca-1657) adjusted the lacunar structure over the annular peribulum; Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) re-appointed the dome over the baptismal font.
Negli ultimi anni, il complesso di edifici costituenti il battistero di San Giovanni in Laterano è stato oggetto di molteplici ricerche che ne hanno approfondito tanto la storia quanto la qualità della sua architettura e ornato. Meno considerato pare però essere stato il tema dei soffitti lignei, rinnovati sotto il regno di papa Urbano VIII Barberini (reg. 1673-1644): una serie di trasformazioni a cui prese parte anche Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), anticipando atteggiamenti che poi lo stesso riprese solo molti anni dopo nelle chiese dallo stesso progettate.
Bernini e San Giovanni in Fonte. Considerazioni a margine dell’architettura del battistero / Benincampi, Iacopo. - In: QUADERNI DELL’ISTITUTO DI STORIA DELL’ARCHITETTURA. - ISSN 0485-4152. - (2019), pp. 41-50.
Bernini e San Giovanni in Fonte. Considerazioni a margine dell’architettura del battistero
Iacopo Benincampi
2019
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In recent years the complex of buildings that set up the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Laterano was the subject of several researches, which reviewed the chronology of these artefacts on the basis of new stratigraphical investigations. In addition, archival studies clarified the role of the modernisations drawn up in modern times. And that’s because it was precisely such transformations that determined the current appearance of the baptistery. On several occasions – between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – these interventions mainly concerned the image of the paleochristian octagonal building, primarily from the interior perspective. Particularly the wooden ceilings seem to be interesting, especially because they were renewed at the time of Pope Urban VIII Barberini (1623-1644): Domenico Castelli (1582ca-1657) adjusted the lacunar structure over the annular peribulum; Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) re-appointed the dome over the baptismal font.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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