Il disegno delle architetture militari sulle coste mediterranee nellaraccolta di Michel Angelo Morello

• Cristina Boido ^[1] ; Pia Davico ^[1]
  1. [1] Polytechnic University of Turin

     Polytechnic University of Turin

     Torino, Italia

     
• Localización: FORTMED2023. Defensive architecture of the mediterranean : vol. XIII, XIV, XV / Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua (dir. congr.), Denise Ulivieri (aut.), 2023, ISBN 978-84-1396-129-3, págs. 53-60
• Idioma: italiano
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  • The graphic work of the captain-engineer Michel Angelo Morello is part of those atlases of military architecture that have involved the Savoy technicians in the construction of the military image of the State for almost two centuries. The plates of his Codex, which are less known than those of his father Carlo, represent fortified complexes, defensive buildings, and drawings concerning the coastal territories between Nice and Savona, updating and amplifying his father’s production. The graphic documentation corroborates the idea that from the end of the 17th century onwards, the Savoy military engineer gradually abandoned the representation for exclusively defensive purposes and instead moved towards a more ‘representative’ style of drawing to celebrate the court and its domains. Indeed, the plates of Nice, Villefranche sur mer, Porto Maurizio, Savona, and other minor seaside localities, show the coastal defence system, highlighting individual lookout and resistance points without bypassing the description of the surrounding territorial context. The integration between his representations, where the drawing defines the technical characteristics of the fortified systems, and the perspective views, which aimed at minutely describing the architectural and landscape details of the places, outlines Michel Angelo Morello’s representative relationships and similarities with other protagonists. It is mainly the case of Ercole Negro di Sanfront and his father Carlo. They have anticipated a military representation associated with the design and documentation of defensive systems, placing the figures within a broader cultural context wherein the drawing is the main character.