An Innovative Concept of Simulation in the Art: Physiognomy of Places and Mimicry of the Structures

Through the statement "Architecture is frozen music" which reveals a universal theme of expression, the present study has shown the symbolic recognition of the music within the integrity of the neoclassical and romantic synthesis. In the first quarter of the 19th century, the Italian set designer Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga (1751-1831) penned his method of working on fine arts and its influences in general to the famous art collector Nikolai B.Yusupov (1750-1831), who had invited the designer to Russia as chief designer of the Imperial theaters. The semantic analysis of the ‘Information a mon chef’ written in French and stamped in 1807 in St. Petersburg has shown that the Italian scenographer Pietro G.Gonzaga had a habit of relating musical theory synonyms with internal and external structures. Thereupon he had proposed the possibility that all forms could be associated with the music of the eyes. In this context, innovative expressions such as physiognomy and facial expressions have emerged. This study argues that this creative concept, which metaphorically approaches the architecture-music analogy is the scenic space designed by the author himself and represents the synthesis of neoclassic and romantic symbolism which constitutes the semantic and semiotic body of this study. As a consequence this study aimed at revealing our perspective toward this conceptual symbolism, which has been emerged in the age of scientific discovery and invention which forms the basis of the technological advances of the next centuries.