Sotto il Barocco di Noto
La ricostruzione tra scavo archeologico e ricerca archivistica
by Michele Luminati and Lorenzo Guzzardi
English summary: An unprecedented research and an innovative methodology, “a book without models” (Corrado Stajano): an archaeologist and a historian working for years in close contact, between excavation sites and archives, bring to light a hidden Noto, forgotten and partly built-over by monumental construction in the Sicilian Baroque capital. The volume enforces a radical reinterpretation of the Baroque genesis of Noto, retracing the events of the territory on which the city stands back to prehistoric times and then highlighting the complex events regarding urban-architectural, political and socio-economic reconstruction. Proceeding by individual construction types, the various construction phases of some of the most important architectural complexes in the city are also analysed. For the first time, the numerous stratifications and transformations that conditioned the extraordinary final outcome of the reconstruction of Noto are made visible. Italian description: Una ricerca inedita e una metodologia innovativa, “un libro senza modelli” (Corrado Stajano): un archeologo e uno storico hanno lavorato per anni a stretto contatto, tra scavo e archivio, riportando alla luce una Noto nascosta, dimenticata e in parte inglobata dall’edilizia monumentale della capitale del barocco siciliano. Il volume costringe ad una rilettura radicale della genesi di Noto barocca, ripercorrendo a ritroso, fino alle preistoria, le vicende del territorio sul quale sorge la citta e mettendo poi in evidenza le complesse vicende della ricostruzione urbanistico-architettonica, politica e socio-economica. Procedendo per singole tipologie edilizie sono state inoltre analizzate le varie fasi di costruzione di alcuni dei piu importanti complessi edilizi della citta. Per la prima volta sono rese visibili le numerose stratificazioni e trasformazioni che hanno condizionato lo straordinario esito finale della ricostruzione di Noto.
- By (author) Lorenzo Guzzardi
- By (author) Michele Luminati
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