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The Eastern Adriatic Coast and the Architectural Vocabulary of the Renaissance

The ancient monuments of the Eastern Adriatic Coast, particularly the ancient structures of Pula and Split, were studied by numerous humanists and architects during the 15th and 16th centuries. Moreover, this is a space where classical terminology was used very early on, such as the term architectus carved into a classical capital in 1446, celebrating the creator of the Large Fountain in Dubrovnik. This paper focuses on well-known drawings and graphical representations of ancient monuments on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, and their descriptions in Renaissance texts, using them to systematize the terminology for the classical elements that appear on these monuments. Some of the monuments that were familiar to Renaissance artists have unique characteristics, and these forms, as well as the terms that were used to describe them, entered into wide usage. It will therefore be interesting to note that authors in literary (Juraj Šižgorić, Marko Marulić) and/or architectural discourse (Sebastiano Serlio, Andrea Palladio) use specific terms between the general and the specific, which elicits greater interest in Diocletian’s Palace and the question of the “classicism” of its forms. A similar binary nature can also be observed in keeping with the formative and professional contexts of individual authors. Additionally, the large number of Renaissance drawings of Pula’s antiquities allowed for a parallel reading and depiction of the evolution and consensus around specific terms necessary for a wider reception of classical models. On the other hand, meanwhile, this paper attempts to question how present these terms are in contemporary historical-architectural literature.

Renaissance ; terminology ; architectural treatises ; Dalmatia ; literature

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