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Cluny II e Montecassino: la ricerca della concinnitas del monastero a cavallo dello scisma d’oriente

Year: 2023
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: An organic proposal of monasticism and a consequential syntactic \narchitectural expression is achieved at the end of the 10th and the \nbeginning of the 11th centuries. The proposals are represented by two \ngreat monasteries: Cluny of Odilone and Montecassino of Desiderio. \nBoth express monastic architecture as a pulsating intellect by faith \nbut are different in how they extrinsic its path. Since concinnitas is the \nharmony to be achieved between sensible elements and intelligible \nthought, to trace it in architecture, it is necessary to reflect on the \nrelationships that inevitably shape it. The Liber Tramitis of the monk \nGiovanni, and the Chronicon monasterii Casinensis of Leo Marsicano, are \nthe sources that attest to us how, from the structure of the respective \nmonasteries, can emerge a dialectic and a different way of realizing \na concinnitas between theology, liturgy, and architecture. Syntax \norganization expresses two different visions of the path to be taken. \nOdilon’s construction of Cluny is a masterpiece that will be further \ntopped by Cluny III, the largest basilica of Christianity in Europe at \nthe time. At the same time, Montecassino is not as large but is very \nbeautiful and is the result of the inspired study. \nThe work aims to clarify, based on drawings from Conant’s earlier \nstudies and more recent archaeological studies, the architectural \nframework that will inform the Italian peninsula on the one hand and \nthe Franco-Germanic Central European area on the other. The critical \ninterpretation of the drawings through proportions, orders, and \nmeasures investigate architecture with building mass; the concept of \nbeauty, as truth. The corpus of drawings and descriptions testifies to \nthe different interpretations of the role of monastic life in society.
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7224723752
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