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Guarino Guarini,Guarino Guarini,Philosopher of BaroquePhilosopher of Baroque
Grand FormGrand Form
Baroque Grand Form• Mimesis of the Cosmos = ‘grand form’ (Fr.
Heer)
GuarinoGuarino Guarini, C. R.Guarini, C. R.Priest in Order of TheatinesPriest in Order of Theatines
• b. Modena, 1624• educ. as Theatine in
Rome• lived in Paris, 1661-
1666• called to Turin in 1666
to design SS. Sindone• d. Milan, 1683
Problem of Modern Humanism - hermeneutica sacra vs. profana
• Sacralisation of the secular• Secularisation of the sacred (J. A. Mazzeo)
Guarini as Scholar
• Philosopher
• Mathematician
• Astronomer
• Architect
• Placita Philosophica(Paris, 1665)
• Euclides adauctus(Turin, 1671)Leges Temporum(Turin, 1671)
• Architettura civile (1737)Fortificatione (1676)
Guarini as Mathematician• Universal Mathematics(NOT mathesis
universalis?)• Proportional projection depending onharmonics/canonics• Rotundity as principleof reality (=geodesia)
Structure ofArchitettura civile Treatise
• Five-part division• Tratt. I• Tratt. II• Tratt. III• Tratt.IV• Tratt.VWhat is the meaning of
this?
Hierarchical Order of Treatise andCosmos
• clear division in treatment of mathematics,from universal, celestial, sublunary/mundane
• corresponding divisions in cosmology asindicated above
• vision of Bettini known to Guarini, fromineffable point to lowest order of corruption,decay, mediated by projection andmetamorphosis
Mario Bettini S. J.
Meaning of the TreatiseTr. I. Intro. To Geometry
Tr. II. The Line
Tr. III. The PlaneIchnography (Vitruvius)Projection towards corporeity –
the Orders, vaulting
Tr. IV. Orthografiagettata – stereotomy
Tr. V.Geodesics -division
• The Sublime Point(God) (idea)
• Angelic beings – purelight
• Rotundity of thePtolemaic Cosmos
• Corporeity of theSublunary World
• Corruption -dissolution
Guarini’s Grand Form –Cosmic Mimesis
The hierarchical/cosmic order manifested
in his philosophy and in his mathematics
is reflected directly
in his architecture
Royal Chapel of the
Most Holy Shroud
Perspectival Ladderfor Dome arches
Parabola as Emblem ofIntellect & Ang. Illum.
The Rise of InstrumentalityIn the Architettura Guarini introduces the
concept of the geometrisation of architecture,the consideration of elements beingconstitutive of a ‘language’, his only indicationof being influenced by probably the Albertianconcept of a painting ‘language’ andcomparable to the work of contemporary Fr.Milliet de Challes S.J. and later Ch. d’Aviler’sgeometrisation of the Orders.
Guarini
d’Aviler
F. di Robilant
B. A. Vittone