[sans auteur] - [MILIZIA (Francesco)].

Dell'Arte di Vedere nelle belle arti del disegno Secondo i principii di Sulzer e di Mengs - Opera.

Venezia, nella Stamperia di Pietro Batta Pasquali, 1798. Un vol. au format pt in-8 (178 x 112 mm) de 142 pp. Reliure de l'époque de demi-basane fauve, dos lisse orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin ébène, doubles filets dorés, semis de cercles dorés, titre doré, ''Publié à Rome en 1792, l'ouvrage fut sévèrement proscrit, et son auteur, persécuté. Milizia, homme d'esprit profondément versé dans l'étude de l'architecture, de la société intime de Mengs et du chevalier Azara, ne s'attendait guère à pareille opposition. Son plan était d'analyser et de juger les tableaux et les statues avec le même détail auquel il a soumis les objets de l'architecture. S'il n'a pu donner à son ouvrage tous les développements dont il était susceptible, s'il s'est borné à l'examen d'un petit nombre de monuments de la sculpture et de la peinture, il a du moins ici posé les bases de l'art de les voir avec assez d'étendue, de justesse et de précision, pour que les jugements de ceux qui auront médité ses principes, ne puissent pas s'égarer. Dans le labyrinthe, il leur a présenté le fil d'Ariane. Il a osé sortir des routes communes, juger par lui-même et secouer les chaînes de la servile superstition avec laquelle la plupart de ceux qui ont écrit sur les arts se sont fait l'écho d'autrui, et n'ont ainsi que perpétué et consacré leurs erreurs.'' (François-René Pommereul). Milizia est considéré comme l'un des principaux auteurs qui théorisèrent par leurs écrits le néo-classicisme dans sa première phase. Il préconisait d'imiter les chefs-d'Ïuvre de l'art grec ancien, au motif que les artistes de cette époque avaient pu s'inspirer d'une nature et d'une société non encore corrompues. Il fut le porte-voix d'une critique architecturale influencée par le fonctionnalisme du franciscain Carlo Lodoli, toutefois assortie d'une bonne dose de pragmatisme et surtout fondée sur l'étude des traités et des essais français sur l'art. Il critiqua les abus stylistiques et penchait pour une simplification progressive des styles, telle qu'elle sera mise en Ïuvre dans le néo-classicisme. Il fut porté ainsi, par exemple, à désapprouver la sacristie de Saint-Pierre de Rome, dont la conception avait été confiée à Carlo Marchionni en 1776, et dont Milizia fustigea la facture par trop somptueuse, qualifiant cet édifice de 'plus déraisonnable du globe'. En 1761, il s'établit à Rome pour administrer les bâtiments que le roi de Naples possédait dans les États pontificaux. Il remplit cette charge pendant un quart de siècle, jusqu'en 1786, pour ensuite vouer son temps aux études historiques et théoriques sur l'art et l'architecture. Rousseurs éparses dans le texte. Nonobstant, belle condition.

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Keywords: [ARCHITETTURA MENGS SULZER] , [sans auteur] - [MILIZIA (Francesco)].

MILIZIA Francesco -

Dell'arte di vedere nelle Belle Arti del disegno secondo i principii di Sulzer e i Mengs.

Pistoia, Tariffi, 1943, 8vo (cm. 19,5 x 12) brossura originale con alette, copertina decorata (piccoli strappi) al dorso) pp. 186 con ex-libris stampato all'occhiello (Settecento Italiano, 2).

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MILIZIA Francesco.

MEMORIE DEGLI ARCHITETTI antichi e moderni.

Bassano, Remondini, 1785 "2 voll. in-4 picc., pp. LXXIX, 263; 330, bella leg. p. perg. coeva con doppio tass. e tit. oro al d. Trattato di storia dell’architettura seguita dalle biografie degli architetti dall’età antica al ‘700, con indici onomastici. Testo su due colonne. Manca a Cicognara che indica altre ediz. Ediz. corretta dall’A. sulla III ediz. di Parma, Bodoni, 1781. Graesse IV, 523. Esempl. molto fresco e marginoso, in bella leg. "

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MILIZIA FRANCESCO

Memorie degli architetti antichi e moderni.

Bassano, Published by a spese Remondini di Venezia. 1785, Fourth Edition. Half Calf, 8vo. 2 volumes bound in 1. Book measures 21x15.cm. lxxix,263,[1],331pp. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, leather label. Light rubbed, bumped on board edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, previous owners name, dated 1825, one college library stamp on first title page. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice well bound copy. Very Good.

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MILIZIA, Francesco.

Principi di architettura civile. Finale, Jacopo de' Rossi, 1781. 3 volumes. 4to. With tables of proportion in text and on a large folding leaf, and 18 architectural measured drawings and perspective and other views of domes, pinnacles, arches, curves and spires on 8 full-page engraved plates, all bound in the third volume.Contemporary half sprinkled calf, marbled sides, gold-tooled spines with black morroco spine labels, red sprinkled edges.With:(2) CIPRIANI, Giovanni Battista. Indice delle figure relative al Principi di architettura civile di Francesco Milizia. Rome, Nella stamperia Salomoni, si vende da Giov. Pietro, 1800. 8vo. With numerous illustrations on 27 double-page plates, illustrating Milizia's work, showing architectural measured drawings and perspective and other views of buildings and details of buildings, theatres, bridges, gardens, etc., models of ornament and decoration, technical building instruments, building materials, etc. (10 plates for vol. 1, 12 plates for vol. 2, 5 plates for vol. 3). Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine with red label, red edges.

480; 515, [1 blank]; 442; 76 pp.First edition of a complete course on civil architecture, the best of the many works on art and architecture written by Francesco Milizia (1725-1798), born in Oria as a member of the best-established and richest family of the city. The impressive extent and impact of Milizia's work suggests that he devoted his life to the study of art and architecture, but that is not the case. His background was in medicine. As the author explains in his preface, architecture represents the most important science within society, civil architecture erecting temples, palaces, mausoleums, triumphal arches, theatres, fountains, gardens, etc., all signifying civilized society. Architecture presents the basis for all other arts as well, such as painting, sculpture, relief carving, perspective, ornamental arts, etc., while it is also a source of prosperity and wealth, promoting trade and commerce of building materials, and inspired scientists and artists from Vitruvius to Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raffael.According to Milizia, civil architecture must be: "bellezza, comodita, solidita", the three Vitruvian parts, also taught in the work in that order, making the book a wide-ranging study, beginning with the aesthetics of architecture and ending with a practical discussion of the materials and techniques available to builders. Milizia’s Principi exerted a tremendous influence. The first edition of the Principi was published anonymously, perhaps because of the controversy caused by some of Milizia's other works. The eight plates in vol. 3 “Delle volte”, have their origins in the 1768 edition of the Vite de' piu celebri architetti, another work by Milizia. Following Milizia's death there were some important spin-off publications, the most important being a separate “atlas”, fully and richly illustrating Milizia’s entire work in a series of 27 new plates. This “atlas”, made by Giovanni Battista Cipriano (1766-1839) together with a descriptive text, is here also in its first edition. It includes an index of all illustrations with full references to the text of Milizia's three volume work, both in the present first edition of 1781, and the edition published at Bassano in 1785.Some wormholes in spines, bottom of the spine of volume 2 of Milizia's work a little damaged. Atlas binding slightly rubbed, front hinge a little weak and with some occasional browning. Both volumes are still in good condition. Rare with Cipriani's “Atlas”.l I. Prozzilo, Francesco Milizia: teorico e storico dell' architectura (1971); J. Schlosser, Letteratura artistica (2nd. ed.), p. 683; Vagnetti EIIIb73, note; cf. BAL 2127 note (1813 ed.); Cicognara 566 (1785 ed.); Fowler 196 (other title by the author); Graesse IV, 523 (1804 ed., incl. the atlas).

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Milizia,Francesco.

Principj di Architettura Civile. Voll.I,II,III: Principj di arc

Roma, 1991, Ediz.Sapere Rist.anast.dell'Ediz.Bassano,1 cm.16x22,5, pp.381,443,382,76,218, 8 tavv. legature editoriali in cofanet 5 voll.

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MILIZIA Francesco.

LE VITE DE' PIU' CELEBRI ARCHITETTI d'ogni nazione e d'ogni tempo precedute da un Saggio sopra l'Architettura.

Roma, Monaldini, 1768 "in-4, pp. VIII, 492, bella leg. p. perg. coeva con tass. e tit. oro al d. Tagli spruzzati. Front. inc. in rame con veduta di palazzi, vignette in legno e capilett. in rame. Con 6 tavv. ripiegate al fine. Prima ediz. di pregevole fonte di storia dell'arte, più volte ristampata, frutto del lavoro del critico d'arte (1725-1798) promotore del gusto neoclassico in Italia. Cicognara 2324: "Questa è la prima edizione pubblicata dal Monaldini senza il nome dell'Autore". Belliss. e fresco esempl. [MM14-208]"

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