In the space of three decades, at the end of the 15th century, Matteo Civitali (1436-1501) carried out a substantial redevelopment of the interior spaces of the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. With a tight succession of interventions (altars, chapels, monuments, architectural grafts), the artist redesigns the interior architecture of the cathedral, renewing it completely. This architecture understood as total furnishing, synthesis of various arts, becomes the winning formula with which Civitali imposes itself on the artistic scene of the fifteenth century.
Nell'arco di tre decenni, alla fine del secolo XV, Matteo Civitali (1436-1501) opera una sostanziale riqualificazione degli spazi interni alla Cattedrale di San Martino a Lucca. Con una serrata successione di interventi (altari, cappelle, monumenti, innesti architettonici), l'artista ridisegna l'interna architettura del duomo rinnovandola integralmente. Questa architettura intesa come arredo totale, sintesi di varie arti, diviene la formula vincente con cui Civitali si impone sulla scena artistica quattrocentesca.
Architettura che si fa scultura
Paolo Bertoncini SabatiniPrimo
2019-01-01
Abstract
In the space of three decades, at the end of the 15th century, Matteo Civitali (1436-1501) carried out a substantial redevelopment of the interior spaces of the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. With a tight succession of interventions (altars, chapels, monuments, architectural grafts), the artist redesigns the interior architecture of the cathedral, renewing it completely. This architecture understood as total furnishing, synthesis of various arts, becomes the winning formula with which Civitali imposes itself on the artistic scene of the fifteenth century.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.