The Reconstruction of the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15346
dc.contributor.author	Moucheront Nicolas
dc.title	The Reconstruction of the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto Around 1600. A Documentary Record
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents a full transcript of a booklet of documents written in 1598 and in 1599 related to a restoration project of the church San Giacomo in Rialto. These reports provide an overview of the preservation conditions of the medieval church at the time, and they also discuss both the need for repairs in the church itself and the plans for modern reconstruction. The aim of this article is to argue that ultimately a compromise was achieved between these two propositions: the church of San Giacomo di Rialto was totally rebuilt between 1600 and 1601 respecting the typology of the medieval building and reusing some of the materials previously employed.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sources, Literatures, Arts & Landscapes of Europe
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-05-05
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-09-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-670-1/the-reconstruction-of-the-church-of-san-giacomo-di/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-729-6/009
dc.identifier.issn	2724-6620
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8507
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-670-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-729-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Acqua alta
dc.subject	Concieri
dc.subject	History of Architecture
dc.subject	Restoration
dc.subject	Reuse of building materials
dc.subject	San Giacomo di Rialto

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The Reconstruction of the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto Around 1600. A Documentary Record

Nicolas Moucheront Università IUAV di Venezia, Italia; EHESS Paris, France

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This paper presents a full transcript of a booklet of documents written in 1598 and in 1599 related to a restoration project of the church San Giacomo in Rialto. These reports provide an overview of the preservation conditions of the medieval church at the time, and they also discuss both the need for repairs in the church itself and the plans for modern reconstruction. The aim of this article is to argue that ultimately a compromise was achieved between these two propositions: the church of San Giacomo di Rialto was totally rebuilt between 1600 and 1601 respecting the typology of the medieval building and reusing some of the materials previously employed.

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May 5, 2023

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Sept. 22, 2022

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978-88-6969-670-1

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978-88-6969-729-6

Keywords: Restoration • Reuse of building materials • History of Architecture • San Giacomo di Rialto • Concieri • Acqua alta

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