Architettura gotica nella Sardegna del Trecento. Dalle prime fondazioni francescane del nord dell'Isola alla diffusione nel territorio di nuovi modi costruttivi

Usai, Nicoletta

Primo

2022-01-01

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Abstract

During the thirteenth century, Sardinia was affected by the arrival of numerous groups of Franciscan friars starting from 1230, the year in which these are documented in Cagliari, and throughout the century, they settled in the majority important urban centers and build important foundations. The convent of San Francesco di Oristano is already documented in 1253, San Francesco di Stampace in Cagliari was built around 1275, Santa Maria di Betlem in Sassari it dates back to the last quarter of the 13th century. Of these buildings today few pieces of masonry remain, inserted in religious buildings of the period next or in private homes. From the examination of what remains however possible to identify the innovations introduced on the island, both from the point of view both constructive and decorative. This intervention aims to start from the most articulate thirteenth-century Franciscan models in order to examine the links between these and the island churches of the 14th century. Attention will be focused on penetration of new construction methods and ornamental patterns, compared to local context, which in some cases overlap and mix with the substratum constructive precedent generating compromise solutions, in others damage result in truly innovative buildings.