La fortezza Farnese a Caprarola. Rilettura dei progetti di Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane e Baldassarre Peruzzi

Although much has been written about the Farnese palace in Caprarola by Vignola, there are many critical issues on the previous planning phase by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Baldassarre Peruzzi, due to a general lack of archival sources. The essay proposes to re-examine the case by focusing on the drawings stored at GDSU in Florence, which are the only tangible sources of architects’ creative process. Thanks to a new analysis of the drawings, it's possible to dispel the doubts around the ambiguities on drawings raised by the literature, with the main aim to understand the role played by the two architects in the Farnese commission, finally contextualized in a more specific historical moment compared to the past. Furthermore, the essay also establishes an accurate comparison between the drawings, specifically looking at forms and measures: this allows to understand architects' influences in their different ways of designing a fortress in the form of a palace.