Lucca Pitti, Leon Battista Alberti e le terme fiorentine di Montici

• Autores: Emanuela Ferretti
• Localización: Paragone. Parte arte, ISSN 1120-4737, Nº 150-151, 2020, págs. 3-20
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • The author reviews the history of the rebuilding of the thermal baths at Santa Margherita a Montici (in the hills south-east of Florence), a forgotten episode of Renaissance architectural history. This is placed within the context of the cultural and social phenomenon of terme as it developed in the fifteenth century. Archival sources regarding the reconstruction of the thermal structure in 1449-1450 are collated with documents assembled by eighteenth-century authors such as Domenico Maria Manni and Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti. Documentary research and the consequent clarification of the chronology of the project, which was supported by the Republic of Florence, reveal the key role played by Lucca Pitti, and suggest the possiible intervention of Leon Battista Alberti.