The 8th of November 1563 in Catania, Jacopo Salemi subscribed an agreement with the Benedictine congregation to build a wooden model of the church of San Nicolòl’Arena. The building was already under construction since1558 in the west limit of the city of Catania. Jacopo Salemi, architect and sculptor from the city of Castrogiovanni, was working in that period within the cities of Messina, Catania and Enna. In the latter one, around the 1566 and 1567, he had an important role on the new arrangement of the cathedral. After he moved to Palermo his presence was registered both in Trapani than in Alcamo as attested in some documents dated back to 1577. Statements on the afore mentioned agreement with the Benedictines, were found in a document dated back to the 24th of February 1564 and now conserved in the State Archive of Catania. The document reveals that Jacopo’s work at issue, would have been evaluated by two experts in charged, coming from the city of Messina. The reasons of such a commission could be both the need to verify the state of art of the works than a way to obtain monetary donations: a tridimensional model would have convinced better than technical drawings, potential donors that might have contributed to the completion of the building. Indeed, in spite of their survival and durability till nowadays, wood- en tridimensional models were widely used to better explain drawings and ideas.

Jacopo Salemi, architetto e scultore proveniente dalla città di Castrogiovanni, il giorno 8 novembre 1563 a Catania, sottoscrive un contratto con la congregazione dei monaci benedettini per la costruzione di un modello in legno della chiesa San Nicolò l’Arena che si stava costruendo dal 1558 sul confine ovest della città. Il documento che regola l’incarico tra Salemi e i benedettini è datato 24 febbraio 1564 ed è custodito presso l’Archivio di Stato di Catania; tale documento rivela che il modello realizzato da Salemi sarebbe stato valutato da due esperti incaricati provenienti dalla città di Messina. Le ragioni di una tale commissione potrebbe essere stata connessa alla necessità di verificare lo stato dell’arte delle opere che si stavano eseguendo nella chiesa ma anche un modo per ottenere donazioni in denaro utili a proseguire gli interventi previsti. Un modello tridimensionale avrebbe prodotto più suggestione rispetto a un disegno tecnico e sarebbe stato più utile per convincere potenziali finanziatori, che con le loro donazioni, avrebbero contribuito al completamento dell’opera.

Garozzo, A. (2014). Jacopo Salemi: un modello ligneo per il monastero di San Nicolò l'Arena a Catania. LEXICON. STORIE E ARCHITETTURA IN SICILIA.

Jacopo Salemi: un modello ligneo per il monastero di San Nicolò l'Arena a Catania

Garozzo, Alessia
2014-01-01

Abstract

The 8th of November 1563 in Catania, Jacopo Salemi subscribed an agreement with the Benedictine congregation to build a wooden model of the church of San Nicolòl’Arena. The building was already under construction since1558 in the west limit of the city of Catania. Jacopo Salemi, architect and sculptor from the city of Castrogiovanni, was working in that period within the cities of Messina, Catania and Enna. In the latter one, around the 1566 and 1567, he had an important role on the new arrangement of the cathedral. After he moved to Palermo his presence was registered both in Trapani than in Alcamo as attested in some documents dated back to 1577. Statements on the afore mentioned agreement with the Benedictines, were found in a document dated back to the 24th of February 1564 and now conserved in the State Archive of Catania. The document reveals that Jacopo’s work at issue, would have been evaluated by two experts in charged, coming from the city of Messina. The reasons of such a commission could be both the need to verify the state of art of the works than a way to obtain monetary donations: a tridimensional model would have convinced better than technical drawings, potential donors that might have contributed to the completion of the building. Indeed, in spite of their survival and durability till nowadays, wood- en tridimensional models were widely used to better explain drawings and ideas.
2014
Garozzo, A. (2014). Jacopo Salemi: un modello ligneo per il monastero di San Nicolò l'Arena a Catania. LEXICON. STORIE E ARCHITETTURA IN SICILIA.
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