In the south of the Italian peninsula and the big Italian islands, vault construction in the 15th and 16th centuries was characterised by a peculiar coexistence of continuity and innovation. The vaults built over this extended territory in the 15th and 16th centuries can be divided into two large classes of artefacts according to different architectural, formal, and geometric criteria: rib vaults and pavilion vaults. In this rich and varied panorama, the essay dwell on some of the details and single elements of more articulated structures, which fully render the complex intertwining of models and technical skills, inertia and experimentation, expressed in buildings in this period in southern Italy and the islands. Some building details of the vaults, such as springing, keystones, ribs and edges, provide concentrated evidence of change and innovation; moreover, the corner connection, squinch, or pendentive, offered some differentiated solutions, identifying building responses related to different territories, local traditions, and research, but sometimes more overtly experimental or making connections with other constructive civilisations.

Nel meridione della penisola italiana e nelle grandi isole, la costruzione delle volte nel XV e nel XVI secolo è stata caratterizzata da una peculiare coesistenza di continuità e innovazione. Le volte costruite in questo ampio territorio nei secoli in questione si possono suddividere in due grandi categorie di artefatti, che rispondono a criteri costruttivi, formali e geometrici differenti: le crociere con costoloni e i padiglioni di varia geometria. In questo ricco e variegato panorama, il saggio si sofferma ad analizzare alcune soluzioni di dettaglio e singoli elementi di strutture più articolate, che restituiscono tuttavia appieno il complesso intreccio di modelli e abilità tecniche, di inerzie e sperimentazioni, che trova espressione nel tema della costruzione delle volte nel meridione d’Italia e nelle isole. Alcuni dettagli costruttivi delle volte, come imposte, chiavi, costoloni e spigoli, forniscono precise testimonianze di cambiamenti e innovazioni introdotti in un cantiere; anche le soluzioni di raccordo angolare, trombe o pennacchi, offrono alcune soluzioni differenziate, individuando l’esistenza di risposte costruttive connesse ai differenti territori, a tradizioni e ricerche locali, ma talora più apertamente sperimentali o in connessione con altre civiltà costruttive.

Garofalo, E., Nobile, R. (2019). Mediterranean Paths. The Construction of Vaults in Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia (15th–16th Centuries). In P. Fuentes, A. Wunderwald (a cura di), The Art of Vaulting. Design and Construction in the Mediterranean Gothic (pp. 29-41). Basel : Birkhäuser [10.1515/9783035618358-003].

Mediterranean Paths. The Construction of Vaults in Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia (15th–16th Centuries)

Garofalo, E
;
Nobile, R
2019-01-01

Abstract

In the south of the Italian peninsula and the big Italian islands, vault construction in the 15th and 16th centuries was characterised by a peculiar coexistence of continuity and innovation. The vaults built over this extended territory in the 15th and 16th centuries can be divided into two large classes of artefacts according to different architectural, formal, and geometric criteria: rib vaults and pavilion vaults. In this rich and varied panorama, the essay dwell on some of the details and single elements of more articulated structures, which fully render the complex intertwining of models and technical skills, inertia and experimentation, expressed in buildings in this period in southern Italy and the islands. Some building details of the vaults, such as springing, keystones, ribs and edges, provide concentrated evidence of change and innovation; moreover, the corner connection, squinch, or pendentive, offered some differentiated solutions, identifying building responses related to different territories, local traditions, and research, but sometimes more overtly experimental or making connections with other constructive civilisations.
2019
Settore ICAR/18 - Storia Dell'Architettura
Garofalo, E., Nobile, R. (2019). Mediterranean Paths. The Construction of Vaults in Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia (15th–16th Centuries). In P. Fuentes, A. Wunderwald (a cura di), The Art of Vaulting. Design and Construction in the Mediterranean Gothic (pp. 29-41). Basel : Birkhäuser [10.1515/9783035618358-003].
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