I have decided to expand the area of my research. That does not mean looking into more topics. I actually managed to become much more focused on the one I explore. On the contrary, it is much more about expanding the understanding of the chosen field of interest by finding new references for investigation.
This year we traveled to see one of the Baroque churches in the area. We found this very exciting place in Dubrovitsi. I found it intriguing as, as in many other cases, the picture I saw in my mirror was full of figures ascending upwards and looking at the visitors from above. However, this time the figures were not depicted, they were full scale sculptural pieces.
I started exploring this encounter and making links to my work. For that I created series of sketches, which I also decided to submit for the ArchiGraphicArts competition.
It is 1415 and Filippo Brunelleschi is conducting his experiment with linear perspective at San Giovanni. He is holding a plate with a painting of Florence Baptistery. He looks through a hole from the unpainted side of the panel onto a mirror. What he sees is the Baptistery set within architectural space.
The series of sketches explores a possibility of application of mirror as a tool to produce images of existing vertical space referring to Parma Cathedral and Dubrovitsi Church. The image of architectural space in Bruneleschis experiment is placed onto a flat surface, however Correggio's illusionistic space possesses a concave surface of a dome in Parma Cathedral. I find it particularly interesting that it is made to look like extension of real space if perceived from the right point of view or observed in a mirror. Still, when these are perceived from a different angle, depiction of he figures on a concave surface causes more distortion than if they were drawn onto a flat surface. The vertical space in Dubrovitsi Church has similar geometrical configuration While the space perceived through a mirror it might look similar in configuration to Parma Cathedral, however it is created by volume filled with sculptural figures.
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| View inside Dubrovitsi Church |
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