Fernand de Dartein e Gaetano Landriani nel cantiere di restauro della basilica di Sant’Ambrogio a Milano
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In 1860 Frenand de Dartein (Strasbourg 1838 - Paris 1912) went to Italy
on a mission to study northern Romanesque architecture: more
specifically, he found that in the basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan,
undergoing a massive restoration at the time, the typical “Lombard”
features appeared in their full identity. In that site, he met architect
Gaetano Landriani; the collaboration between the two, furthered by a
common ability in architectural drawing, addressed both the restoration
and the publishing of two volumes (Dartein’s on Lombard architecture,
Landriani’s on Sant’Ambrogio). This essay analyzes 17 letters – kept in
private archives – from the Italian portion of the correspondence
between the two colleagues (1865-92), with particular focus on the
facts regarding certain parts of the basilica (which were an item of
discussion at the site): the arrangement of the presbyterial area, the
polychromatic stucco decoration of the apse, the stalls in the wooden
choir (with a suggested date), the columns for the Pre-Romanesque
basilica, the conformation of the third bay with two rectangular vaults
(both demolished in ’66), the portico with its original plan and its
connection to the opposite square and the bell-tower ‘of the Canons’.
Upon the death of the Milanese architect (1899), Dartein had an
epistolary exchange with Luca Beltrami, addressing some of his
restorations and projects, and pointing out the trait d’union of their
mutual friendship: Landriani himself
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