Fantasy architecture of Roma Antica

Fantasy architecture of Roma Antica

The article illustrates a few late Quattrocento albums concerning classical buildings in Rome; one of these album is Buonaccorso Ghiberti’s Zibaldone. After a comparison between the albums and between them and the architecture representation in contemporary paintings, coins and medals, the author suggests that a common prototype for the albums may have originated from the Lombard-Venetian courts. Buonaccorso’s drawings are therefore copies of sketches owned by his father Vittorio, who carried on Lorenzo’s antiquary interests.

1970

Vita e Pensiero - Pubblicazione dell'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

in Arte Lombarda, vol. 15, n. 2, pagg. 9-24

Article

English

Francesco Calamai, 18/01/2021