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Abstract
Subsumed into the fabric of the Medici Chapel in Florence, Michelangelo’s domiciled wall drawings have the effect of converting the space into something of an archive. Materially fused into the architecture, Michelangelo’s demonstrations in red and black chalk create a visceral connection with the confabulations of the building site of the 1520s, thus turning the chapel, today, into a fecund place for active remembering and architectural thinking. One contemplates questions such as the impact of scale and drawing in full-scale, both measured and unmeasured, body posture and movement in the drawing, the role of specific drawing materials, and the relation of drawing to building in the place of construction. This essay investigates the drawings as an archive in three ways: first, in the importance of their in-situ location and spatial relation to the building site; second, as life-size, embodied marks that recall a memory of construction; and third, as a material palimpsest that re-activates past practices and gestures. It will be shown how the drawings remain, in short, domiciled demonstrations of crafty thinking and surprisingly potent documents for architects, even if they have long outlived their conventional role for guiding construction activity.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Routledge Companion to Architectural Drawings and Models : From Translating to Archiving, Collecting and Displaying |
Editors | Federica Goffi |
Number of pages | 14 |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | 31 May 2022 |
Edition | 1st |
Pages | 17-31 |
Chapter | 2 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780367511463 |
Publication status | Published - 31 May 2022 |
Series | Routledge International Handbooks |
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Keywords
- Michelangelo
- architectural history
- architectural representation
- architectural theory
- architectural drawing
- archive
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Architekturgeschichte(n): Historische Bauten im Diskurs
Jonathan Foote (Speaker)
13 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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H-ART Revista de historia, teoría y crítica de arte (Journal)
Jonathan Foote (Reviewer)
9 Jun 2023Activity: Peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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The retroactive construction of Architecture: Michelangelo's New Sacristy Wall Drawings
Foote, J., 27 Jun 2019, Frascari Symposium IV The Secret Lives of Architectural Drawings and Models: Book of Abstracts. Johnson, M. V. & Goffi, F. (eds.). p. 39 1 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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In medias res: Michelangelo’s Mural Drawings at San Lorenzo
Foote, J., 2017, Confabulations: Storytelling in Architecture. Emmons, P., Feuerstein, M. & Dayer, C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 185-192 8 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review