Máscara y ciudad: Leon Battista Alberti y la condición teatral de la arquitectura
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Fernández Villegas, Abel
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El artículo estudia la condición teatral del pensamiento de
Leon Battista Alberti. Para ello, se aproxima a los textos
del corpus albertiano donde esta condición se manifiesta
con mayor claridad, muy especialmente los apartados
dedicados al teatro en el tratado De Re Aedificatoria, así
como el conjunto de la obra capital Momo o del príncipe.
Estos textos, que revelan la condición doble de Alberti, su
gusto por la máscara y la simulación, cuestionan el retrato
monolítico que algunas lecturas canónicas nos ofrecen
del arquitecto renacentista, y nos permiten leer sus
edificios como piezas de un proyecto mayor: fragmentos
de un modelo de ciudad implícita, que el artículo enuncia,
una estrategia de intervención en la ciudad donde lo
teatral se convierte en un concepto central.
The article examines the theatrical condition of Leon Battista Alberti's thought. To achieve this, it approaches the texts within the Albertian corpus where this condition is most clearly manifested, particularly the sections dedicated to theater in the treatise De Re Aedificatoria, as well as the entirety of his seminal work Momus. These texts, revealing Alberti's dual condition, characterized by his penchant for masks and simulation, challenge the monolithic portrait presented by certain canonical interpretations of the Renaissance architect. They allow us to interpret his buildings as components of a larger project: fragments of an implicit urban model. The article articulates this model, portraying it as a strategy of intervention within the city where the theatrical emerges as a central concept.
The article examines the theatrical condition of Leon Battista Alberti's thought. To achieve this, it approaches the texts within the Albertian corpus where this condition is most clearly manifested, particularly the sections dedicated to theater in the treatise De Re Aedificatoria, as well as the entirety of his seminal work Momus. These texts, revealing Alberti's dual condition, characterized by his penchant for masks and simulation, challenge the monolithic portrait presented by certain canonical interpretations of the Renaissance architect. They allow us to interpret his buildings as components of a larger project: fragments of an implicit urban model. The article articulates this model, portraying it as a strategy of intervention within the city where the theatrical emerges as a central concept.
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Fernández Villegas, A. (2023). Máscara y ciudad: Leon Battista Alberti y la condición teatral de la arquitectura. REIA, 23, 100–115.



