Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta
Domenico Antonio Lo Faso Pietrasanta | |
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Kingdom of Italy | |
| Monuments | A monument in the Church of San Domenico, Palermo, Sicily A portrait in the Public Library of Palermo |
| Other names | Serradifalco |
| Organization | Duchy of Serradifalco |
Domenico Antonio Lo Faso Pietrasanta (October 21, 1783, Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily – February 15, 1863, Florence, Kingdom of Italy) was an Italian architect, archaeologist, and writer.
Biography
Scholar, architect, student of archeology and architecture (mostly in Sicily), Domenico Antonio Lo Faso Pietrasanta Duke of Serradifalco, wrote several works on ancient and medieval Sicilian monuments.
He was born in
After the return of the Bourbons he was forced into exile in
and published reports for all, containing detailed tables with reliefs and paintings of high quality and still useful today. He was known throughout the field of archeology, and was called simply Serradifalco.His portrait is preserved in the Biblioteca Comunale di Palermo (Public Library of Palermo).
In the church of San Domenico in Palermo, a monument is dedicated to him, bearing the inscription:
Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta Duke of Serradifalco
promoted Sicilian arts and letters with his mind and his inheritance
Principal projects in Palermo
- The Palace in the Royal Bourbon Forum (today Palermo's Foro Italico);
- The plans for the Finance Building;
- The Theatre of Music in the Bourbon Forum, in collaboration with Carlo Giachery, 1844
Bibliography
- Description of an Antique Clay Vase, Palermo 1830
- Overview of the Ruins of Ancient Soluto, Palermo 1831
- The Antiquities of Sicily Described and Illustrated, Palermo 1834-42 [1]
- On the Cathedral of Monreale and Other Siculo-Norman Churches: Three arguments, Palermo 1838
- On the Relic "Heart of San Luigi": memoir of Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta, Palermo 1843
- The Ancient Monuments of Sicily in Pictorial Views Designed by the Duke of Serradifalco, Palermo 1843
- On Gothic Architecture, 1847
References
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter S" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- Giovanni Fatta, Maria Clara Ruggieri Tricoli, Un rinnovamento sulla base della natura: Serradifalco e l’unità dello stile, Cavallari e il connubio di tecnica ed arte, in Palermo nell’Età del Ferro, Palermo 1983, pp. 88–92
- Giuseppe Testa, "Serradifalco", Serradifalco 1990
- Ettore Sessa, Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta, Duca di Serradifalco: ricerca del nuovo sistema di architettura e insegnamento privato, in G.B.F. Basile, Lezioni di architettura, a cura di Maria Giuffrè, G. Guerrera, Palermo 1995, pp. 269–277
- Gabriella Cianciolo Cosentino, Serradifalco e la Germania. La Stildiskussion tra Sicilia e Baviera 1823-1850, Benevento 2004
- Gabriella Cianciolo Cosentino, Un manoscritto sull'architettura gotica del Duca di Serradifalco (1847), in "Lexicon. Storie e architettura in Sicilia" n. 2, 2006, pp. 80–87
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