Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU School of Architecture, Art, and Historic School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications Preservation 2007 Humanism and Disegno: Neoplatonism at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome John S. Hendrix Roger Williams University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://docs.rwu.edu/saahp_fp Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Hendrix, John S., "Humanism and Disegno: Neoplatonism at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome" (2007). School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications. Paper 1. http://docs.rwu.edu/saahp_fp/1 This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 1 Humanism and Disegno : Neoplatonism at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome John Hendrix, Rhode Island School of Design I would like to explore the role that Neoplatonism played in the development of the con- cept of disegno at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, and its influence on subsequent architecture, for the purpose of illustrating the importance of Renaissance Humanism in the culture of Baroque Rome. In his treatise, L’Idea de’ pittori, scultori ed architteti , in 1607, Federico Zuccari, the director of the Academy, described disegno interno as a Platonic Idea in the mind of the artist, and a forma spirituale which mediates between archê and eidos , between universal and particular.