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On Fischer von Erlach’s Entwurff einer historischen Architectur: Architectural Imagery and Uses of the Past at the Beginning of the 18th Century

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The Entwurff einer historischen Architectur is a well-known text, traditionally considered a cornerstone of modern architectural historiography. In their book (and in this seminar) the authors aim to discuss a very different interpretation, based on a new analysis of the iconographic sources of the plates by Fischer von Erlach. In this light, the Entwurff appears to have been inspired by the purpose to promote its author’s ‘professional’ image as a well-read architect, rather than by actual historical interests. Nevertheless, the volume remains a bright witness of the curiosities enlivening Fischer von Erlach’s and his patrons’ culture: the passion for travel literature and the fascination with antiquarianism, the first exoticist attractions and the growing attention to urban views and iconography, on the fence between the old prestige of erudite knowledges and the new calls of universal geography. And it is precisely in this variety of sources of inspiration that the major interest of the book lies, as well as its relevance as an evidence of the renewal of publishing genres that announced, and accompanied, the culture of the Enlightenment.

Marco Folin is Associate Professor at the University of Genoa, where he teaches History of Architecture. Italian urban culture, architectural imagery and the relationship between art and politics in the Renaissance are among his main interests. On these topics he has published extensively and organised several international conferences and workshops. Among his publications: Rinascimento estense. Politica, cultura, istituzioni di un antico Stato italiano (Laterza, 2001); Rappresentare la città. Topografie urbane nell’Italia di antico regime (Diabasis, 2010); Les villes détruites de Maarten van Heemskerck. Images de ruines et conflits religieux dans les Pays-Bas au xvi^e siècle (with M. Preti, Inha, 2015); Wounded Cities. The Representation of Urban Disasters in European Art (with M. Preti, Brill, 2015).

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Monica Preti is the head of Academic Programs in History of Art and Archaeology at the Auditorium of the Louvre Museum. Her research explores the relationship between art and literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the history of taste, as well as the history of collections and museums from the 18^th through the 20^th century. Among her publications: L’Arioste et les arts (with M. Paoli, Officina Libraria, 2011); Delicious Decadence. The Rediscovery of French Eighteenth-Century Painting in the Nineteenth Century (Ashgate, 2014); Les villes détruites de Maarten van Heemskerck. Images de ruines et conflits religieux dans les Pays-Bas au xvi^e siècle (with M. Folin, Inha, 2015); Wounded Cities. The Representation of Urban Disasters in European Art (with M. Folin, Brill, 2015).

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