Sebastiano Ittar, architetto: archeologia disegno, città progetto

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_14524
dc.title	Sebastiano Ittar, architetto: archeologia disegno, città progetto
dc.contributor.author	Pellegrino Luigi
dc.contributor.author	Pennisi Matteo
dc.contributor.author	Testa Graziano
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/mdccc-1800/2023/1/sebastiano-ittar-architetto-archeologia-disegno-ci/
dc.description.abstract	This research, that was made possible thanks to the recent reorganization of the Ittar Fund at the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage of Catania, concerns the use of drawing as a method for understanding the relationship between the ancient fragment and the city. At the beginning of his career, the scarcely known architect Sebastiano Ittar (1768‑1847) used drawing as a tool to study the archaeological fragments he visited during his trips in the Mediterranean. In 1832, instead, Ittar conceived the well-known topographical plan of the city of Catania that was based on the concept of fragments as what remains of archaeological evidence. The last element considered in the article is the relationship between the archaeological fragments and the city as a source of creative architectural inspiration. Ittar’s project for Palazzo Scuderi-Bonaccorso is investigated in comparison with his sketches of an ancient Roman spa building, with the aim of demonstrating that for him archeology was not just a fruitful subject of study, but even a fertile source of inspiration.
dc.relation.ispartof	MDCCC 1800
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 12 \| December 2023
dc.issued	2023-12-04
dc.dateAccepted	2023-05-22
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-03-14
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-8841
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/MDCCC/2280-8841/2023/01/009
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Archaeology
dc.subject	Architecture
dc.subject	Catania
dc.subject	Drawing
dc.subject	Project

Research Article
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Luigi Pellegrino Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia

Matteo Pennisi Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italia

Graziano Testa Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia

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abstract

This research, that was made possible thanks to the recent reorganization of the Ittar Fund at the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage of Catania, concerns the use of drawing as a method for understanding the relationship between the ancient fragment and the city. At the beginning of his career, the scarcely known architect Sebastiano Ittar (1768‑1847) used drawing as a tool to study the archaeological fragments he visited during his trips in the Mediterranean. In 1832, instead, Ittar conceived the well-known topographical plan of the city of Catania that was based on the concept of fragments as what remains of archaeological evidence. The last element considered in the article is the relationship between the archaeological fragments and the city as a source of creative architectural inspiration. Ittar’s project for Palazzo Scuderi-Bonaccorso is investigated in comparison with his sketches of an ancient Roman spa building, with the aim of demonstrating that for him archeology was not just a fruitful subject of study, but even a fertile source of inspiration.

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Dec. 4, 2023

Accepted

May 22, 2023

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March 14, 2023

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Keywords: Drawing • Catania • Project • Architecture • Archaeology

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