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POSI - VASI. Apse and altar of the Naples Cathedral.

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Paolo POSI – Giuseppe VASI 1708 – 1776; 1710 – 1782Apse and altar of the Naples Cathedral.Rome 1744Copper engraving. 742x480 mm. Margins. Below the image, the dedication to Cardinal Spinelli Bishop of Naples and the date. In the incision, at the base of the two central pilasters the inscriptions: left “Paolo Posi Architect inv. and delin. "; on the right. "Giuseppe Vasi inc." Some skilled restorations and traces of use.

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Rare flying sheet. Important source of art. The Sienese architect Paolo Posi began the restoration of the apse of the Naples Cathedral in 1741. The task, entrusted to him in 1739 by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli during the latter's stay in Rome, was carried out under the direction of Filippo Buonocore from Campania. The apse project became an interesting meeting point between two architects so different in training: the Roman school, of a classicist imprint, and the Neapolitan school give the work a particular connotation and great impact, whereas the austerity of the Angevin structure contrasts the great "fluidity of masses" and the articulation of the decorative parties. This masterful engraving by Giuseppe Vasi documents the impressive perspective effect achieved by the restoration.Cfr. Franco Strazzullo, Restauri del Duomo di Napoli tra '400 e '800, 1991.

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Paolo POSI – Giuseppe VASI 1708 – 1776; 1710 – 1782Apse and altar of the Naples Cathedral.Rome 1744Copper engraving. 742x480 mm. Margins. Below the image, the dedication to Cardinal Spinelli Bishop of Naples and the date. In the incision, at the base of the two central pilasters the inscriptions: left “Paolo Posi Architect inv. and delin. "; on the right. "Giuseppe Vasi inc." Some skilled restorations and traces of use.

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Rare flying sheet. Important source of art. The Sienese architect Paolo Posi began the restoration of the apse of the Naples Cathedral in 1741. The task, entrusted to him in 1739 by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli during the latter's stay in Rome, was carried out under the direction of Filippo Buonocore from Campania. The apse project became an interesting meeting point between two architects so different in training: the Roman school, of a classicist imprint, and the Neapolitan school give the work a particular connotation and great impact, whereas the austerity of the Angevin structure contrasts the great "fluidity of masses" and the articulation of the decorative parties. This masterful engraving by Giuseppe Vasi documents the impressive perspective effect achieved by the restoration.Cfr. Franco Strazzullo, Restauri del Duomo di Napoli tra '400 e '800, 1991.

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