An Innovative Concept of Simulation in Art: The Physiognomy of the 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 image 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 the 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 had a habit of relating musical synonyms with interior-exterior space. Thereupon he had proposed the possibility that all forms could be associated with the music of the eyes. The terms physiognomy and mimicry may refer to the notion of a contemporary soundtrack example, a pun that symbolically emphasizes the architectural-musical analogy of indoor-outdoor space and its simulation on the scene where the action takes place. Consequently, this study aimed at interpreting literally the creative mood within the framework of a semiotic adventure by emphasizing the era of scientific discovery and invention that underpins the technological advances of the next centuries.