Exactitude and Extravagance: Andrea Pozzo’s “Viewpoint”

Filippo Camerota
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Filippo Camerota: Museo Galileo

A chapter in Imagine Math, 2012, pp 23-41 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Andrea Pozzo’sperspective inventions represent the art of quadratura on itshighest level.The illusory power of his fictive architecture was so strong that it forcefully conditioned the perception of space, leading neo-classical critics to censor his paintings as if they were actually buildings. Eloquent on this subject is the criticism of Francesco Milizia, who warned young architects not to follow the example of Brother Pozzo,calling him an “architect in reverse”1. On the technical level,instead, the supreme skill of the Jesuit painter was undeniable. He could in fact be criticized for one thing only, his decision to impose a compulsory viewpoint on the observer. But it was just this point that formed the cornerstone of his art, and Pozzo, heedless of the critics,never abandoned that crucial requisite.

Keywords: Marginal Deformation; Concave Mirror; Theatrical Scene; Natural Talent; Single Viewpoint (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-2427-4_4

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