The concept of Mannerism in architecture had great critical fortune between the 30s and the 60s in the 20th century, with the progressive achievement of this historiographic category in the field of arts and culture. Regarding architecture, the term Mannerism received different definitions, periodisations and evaluations, up until the sudden and silent decline of the interest it had sparked. This paper briefly reconstructs these events through the analysis of different critical approaches and positions with particular regard to the contributions of three great scholars who share the fact of having used the category of Mannerism to analyze architecture and then of having moved away from it in their more recent studies: Ernst Gombrich, Manfredo Tafuri, and Arnaldo Bruschi. The history of the concept of Mannerism is put in relationship to contemporary historical research on architecture, by revealing that the use of this category allowed the renovation of traditional historiographical points of view and drew attention to previously neglected subjects. In conclusion, the later rejecting of Mannerism as an interpretative tool of architectural phenomena is attributed to the development of research itself, which had highlighted the complexity of XVth and XVIth century architecture, and to methodological improvements regarding not only the Renaissance but the whole field of architectural history as well.
Il concetto di Manierismo in architettura conosce una stagione di notevole fortuna critica tra gli anni Trenta e Sessanta del secolo scorso, nell’ambito di una progressiva affermazione di questa categoria storiografica nel campo delle arti e della cultura. Riguardo all’architettura il Manierismo ha ricevuto definizioni, periodizzazioni e valutazioni diverse, fino a un rapido e silenzioso declino dell’interesse che aveva suscitato. Il saggio ricostruisce sinteticamente queste vicende attraverso la rilettura di diverse posizioni critiche, con particolare riguardo al contributo di tre grandi studiosi che condividono il fatto di aver utilizzato, per l’architettura, la categoria di Manierismo e di averla poi superata negli studi più recenti: Ernst Gombrich, Manfredo Tafuri e Arnaldo Bruschi. La storia del concetto di Manierismo è così messa in relazione alle contemporanee esperienze della ricerca storica sull’architettura, rilevando come l’uso di questa categoria abbia permesso di rinnovare i punti di vista storiografici e di attirare l’attenzione su temi precedentemente trascurati. È infine possibile concludere che i motivi del suo superamento come strumento interpretativo dei fenomeni architettonici siano insiti nell’approfondimento della ricerca, che ha evidenziato la complessità dell’architettura del XV e XVI secolo, nonché in una maturazione metodologica che non riguarda soltanto il periodo rinascimentale ma coinvolge l’intera disciplina della storia dell’architettura.
L'idea di Manierismo in architettura: fortuna e declino di una categoria storiografica [The Idea of Mannerism in Architecture: Rise and Decline of a Historiographic Category]
Renata Samperi
2019
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The concept of Mannerism in architecture had great critical fortune between the 30s and the 60s in the 20th century, with the progressive achievement of this historiographic category in the field of arts and culture. Regarding architecture, the term Mannerism received different definitions, periodisations and evaluations, up until the sudden and silent decline of the interest it had sparked. This paper briefly reconstructs these events through the analysis of different critical approaches and positions with particular regard to the contributions of three great scholars who share the fact of having used the category of Mannerism to analyze architecture and then of having moved away from it in their more recent studies: Ernst Gombrich, Manfredo Tafuri, and Arnaldo Bruschi. The history of the concept of Mannerism is put in relationship to contemporary historical research on architecture, by revealing that the use of this category allowed the renovation of traditional historiographical points of view and drew attention to previously neglected subjects. In conclusion, the later rejecting of Mannerism as an interpretative tool of architectural phenomena is attributed to the development of research itself, which had highlighted the complexity of XVth and XVIth century architecture, and to methodological improvements regarding not only the Renaissance but the whole field of architectural history as well.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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