Smagol, Oxana S. The Problem of “Diamond-Cut” Rustication of the Diamanti Palace in Ferrara: Sources of Inspiration and Semantics

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Title The Problem of “Diamond-Cut” Rustication of the Diamanti Palace in Ferrara: Sources of Inspiration and Semantics
Author email oksanassm@yahoo.com
About author Smagol, Oxana S. — Ph. D. student. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskye Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation. SPIN-code: 3805-2790; ORCID: 0000-0001-5297-717X; Scopus ID: 57218514251
In the section Art of the Renaissance DOI10.18688/aa2414-4-25
Year 0 Volume 14 Pages 326–336
Type of article RAR Index UDK 72.034 Index BBK 85; 85.11
Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of the possible sources of artistic inspiration and semantics for the so-called “diamond-cut” rustication of Palazzo Diamanti in Ferrara (Biagio Rossetti and North Italian artists, 1493 – beg. 16th century ca.). Firstly, the analysis of the series of supposed prototypes leads to the conclusion that the very idea of the Diamanti palace rustication could have been Florentine in its origin; its “cut” shape refers not only to one of the renown “imprese” of the Este, but also to the “diamond-cut” decoration of Palazzo Sanseverino in Naples, among others; while its colour turns out to be purely “Venetian”. The Venetian aspect is particularly investigated respecting M. Torboli’s standpoint concerning Palazzo Estense (Fondaco dei Turchi) on Canale Grande, with its special role in the problem (2010). It turns out that the Este family owned at least two palaces with “diamond-cut” rustication, set aside pictorial “diamonds” on the facades. Secondly, the comparison of the Diamanti and Corner (Ca del Duca) palaces rustication in the context of Venetian (namely, Corner) interests in the Eastern Mediterranean region and Aegean Sea (Duchy of Archipelago) has also been proposed. The contradictions of the war between Venice and Ferrara (1482–1484) and the period of a new “eastern threat” (revived in 1453) make such a comparison highlight traces of inner contest in such similarities as the strongly articulated chivalric connotation of the “diamond-cut” ashlars (traditional for the Este, new for the Corner) and the affinity with the Aegean post-Byzantine area (mythological and political for the Este, mainly commercial for the Corner).
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Reference Smagol, Oxana S. The Problem of “Diamond-Cut” Rustication of the Diamanti Palace in Ferrara: Sources of Inspiration and Semantics. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 14. Eds A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2024, pp. 326–336. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa2414-4-25
Publication Article language russian
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