Descripción del proyecto
Donde política, economía y religión confluyen con la arquitectura
Un grupo de investigación internacional estudiará el impacto de los cambios en el seno de las esferas políticas, religiosas, cognitivas y económicas en la zona fronteriza de la costa adriática oriental entre los siglos XV y XVIII. El trabajo se centrará en la arquitectura. En concreto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos AdriArchCult analizará el impacto de los cambios correspondientes en términos tanto de consumo como de producción. Además, tendrá en consideración la consolidación política y económica de la República de Venecia y la República de Dubrovnik, así como el Imperio Habsburgo en la zona, y la guerra y el comercio con los otomanos. Otros factores serán la difusión del resurgimiento de la antigüedad y el renacimiento católico, y cómo esto motivó la necesidad de creación arquitectónica con determinadas características funcionales y simbólicas. En cuanto a la producción, el proyecto se centrará en los sistemas de suministro de materiales y la organización de las obras de construcción.
Objetivo
During the 15th century, the political process of reducing the Eastern Adriatic, here considered as encompassing what is now littoral of Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro, to a thin strip of border territories substantially separated from the continental massive to which they belong, reached its conclusion. The insularity of its large natural archipelago, i.e. almost exclusive dependence on the maritime communications, became characteristic even of mainland coastal towns, with lasting consequences. The project explores the impact of this change in the area between 15th and 18th c., focusing on architecture as the most evident materialization of a culture and its transformations. The goal is to examine the architectural culture in question in terms of both consumption and production. Factors such as political and economic consolidation of Venetian and Dubrovnik Republics as well as Habsburg Empire in the area, war and commerce with the Ottomans, but also the quick spread of revival of antiquity and the Catholic Revival, all fuelled the need for architectural creation with certain functional and symbolic characteristics, setting the cultural standards. On the other hand, the economics of production of architecture consisted of interrelated systems of the provision of materials (esp. Istrian stone) and organisation of construction sites, which, given the ease of the sea transport, resulted in an active market for architectural goods. This approach will provide an original contribution to the understanding of cultural practices that not only produced specific buildings, the most significant among which are now listed as World Heritage sites but also put into circulation ancient and modern models, techniques and materials for a European-wide audience. Moreover, it will investigate the trans-border and trans-confessional character of the architectural market, thus providing an innovative model for a study of such phenomena across Europe.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
ERC-COG - Consolidator GrantInstitución de acogida
30123 Venezia
Italia