I disegni secenteschi della Raccolta Bianconi per il complesso di Sant’Ambrogio tra discussioni di fabbrica e riflessioni accademiche
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The analysis of the group of 17th-Century drawings from the Bianconi
collection, regarding the complex of S. Ambrogio in Milan – so far read
as a series of proposals for the demolishment and rebuilding of the
basilica – allows several chronological clarifications about the interventions for the realization of the monastery annexed during the 17th Century.
A formal analysis, supported by documents, suggests the rejection of
theories implying such a radical intervention, never mentioned by the
sources. The reconsideration of a document so far nearly ignored – which
attests an agreement made before 1623 for the building of a church for
the exclusive use of the monks, to be annexed to the old basilica – allows
to interpret the drawings as studies for such operation, eventually
aborted. Nevertheless, the formal elements of the drawings, extremely
refined, all very similar and lacking in measurements, reveal an abstract
and academic origin. The clear influence of Mangone supports the theory
that the drawings were made within the Accademia Ambrosiana – where
Mangone taught Architecture – as exercises on a given theme, without
any prospect of an actual realization. Such interpretation suggests
further reflection upon the structure of the Accademia and its teaching
methods, heavily marked – as is evident in the formal reading of the
drawings – by Classicism, severe and devoid of excessive decoration, as
it was handed down to the next generation of Lombard architects.
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