Jacopo Torni l'indaco vecchio and the emergence of Spanish classical stereotomy
Author
Calvo López, JoséKnowledge Area
Expresión Gráfica ArquitectónicaPublication date
2005Publisher
Universidad de BoloniaBibliographic Citation
Calvo López, J. Jacopo Torni l'indaco vecchio and the emergence of Spanish classical stereotomy. En Teoria e Pratica del costruire: saperi, strumenti, modeli. Ravenna-Bologna: Università di Bologna - Fondazione Flaminia, 2005, p. 505-516. ISBN 88-89900-00-8Keywords
Jacopo TorniStereotomy
Renaissance architecture
Murcia cathedral
Abstract
A widespread conception in Spanish Renaissance architecture studies considers stonemasons and stonecutting as a reactionary force opposed to the renovation of the architectural vocabulary brought about by Italianate artists. This view, though, appears to be rather simplistic. It is certainly true that some elements of the stonemasons' lore, such as the stonecutting tools, derive from Romanesque or Antique origins; but it is also true that the adoption of classical forms in stone vaults fostered the development of new stereotomical methods. These new stonecutting techniques derive neither from the mainstream of Late Gothic stone construction nor from the brick vaults of Italian tradition.
This paper will analyze an episode that exemplifies these complex relations. Jacopo Torni, L'Indaco vecchio, a Florentine painter, worked with Pinturricchio in the Borgia Rooms and with Michelangelo in the Sistine ceiling. Due to unknown reasons, he went to Spain in 1520 and two years later he was made ...
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