Manini diseñador en la Quinta da Regaleira: el lenguaje clásico de una obra “neomanuelina” (1898-1912)
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Entre 1898 y 1912, Luigi Manini proyecta en la sierra de Sintra la obra más representativa de su prolífica carrera artística: la Quinta da Regaleira. Se trata de una “obra de arte total” llamada a erigirse como el edificio más representativo del neomanuelino finisecular portugués. Sin embargo, y como veremos a continuación, esta etiqueta estilística -ampliamente socializada y comúnmente oficializada- pudiera ser revisada, a tenor de las múltiples y profusas “contaminaciones figurativas” de corte clásico que Manini introduce en su gramática decorativa. Si bien es cierto que las grandes obras manuelinas del XVI -de predominancia claramente “medievalizante”- estuvieron siempre salpimentadas de pequeñas concesiones al mundo italianizante y romano, en el caso de la Regaleira se da una desproporción estilística a favor de este último que equilibra ambos pensamientos artísticos. Por lo tanto, el presente artículo sostiene la tesis de que en dicho pedernal conviven dos lenguajes antagónicos muy bien medidos y proporcionados: lo clásico y lo medieval. Éstos, a modo de “bisagras estilísticas”, se entrelazan, facilitando la convivencia de ambas tradiciones artísticas. El fin último de este ejercicio de eclecticismo estriba en la consecución armónica de un conjunto fuertemente integrador, bien conjugado y proporcionado.
A través de la creación de nuevas hibridaciones figurativas, Manini logra el “milagro” conciliador entre sendos mundos encontrados. Por lo tanto, el artículo propone una relectura de la Regaleira en base a un nuevo enfoque, centrado en la continua reutilización y reinvención de la retórica clásica que, Manini, a través de sus diseños ornamentales, introduce en la Regaleira, neutralizando así aquellos excesos medievales propios del manuelino y dotando al conjunto de una cierta proporcionalidad renacentista. Todo ello obligará a una redefinición estilística del programa decorativo de la Regaleira, donde, quizás, tengamos que hablar más de un “neomanuelino clasicista” que de un “neomanuelino ortodoxo” de clara predominancia medieval.
Between 1898 and 1912, Luigi Manini projected in the mountains of Sintra the most representative work of his prolific career: the Quinta da Regaleira. The building was a ʺtotal work of artʺ, which destiny will be to stand as the most representative work of finisecular neomanueline, portuguese architecture. However, as will be discussed below, this stylistic label ‐widely socialized and commonly officialized‐ may be re‐ vised, according to the many and profuse stylistic elements of a classic background that have contaminated Manini´s decorative grammar. Even if the main manueline works of XVI century ‐ clearly dominated by a medieval like style ‐ have always been seasoned with small italian and classic references, when we talk about Quinta da Re‐ galeira, it is made evident that there is a stylistic disproportion in favor of the second one, that equilibrates both of them artistic styles. Hence, this article tries to illustrate the presence of two very well measured and proportionate antagonistic stylistic lan‐ guages: classical and medieval. Both functions as ʺstylistic hingesʺ, intertwined, facili‐ tating the coexistence of both artistic traditions. The ultimate goal of such displaying of eclecticism is the harmonious achieving of a highly integrated set, both nicely con‐ jugated and proportionate. Through the creation of new figurative hybridizations, Manini achieved the conciliator ʺmiracleʺ between two opposite worlds. Therefore, this paper proposes a rereading of the stylistic analysis of the named work, on the basis of a new approach, focused on the continuous reuse and reinvention of the clas‐ sical rhetoric, that Manini introduced in the Quinta da Regaleira through his ornamen‐ tal scheme, which final result is the neutralization of medieval excesses which charac‐ terize the manueline, and providing the set of a certain renaissance proportionality. All this will force a stylistic redefinition of the decorative program of Regaleira, in which, perhaps, we should better talk about a “classic neo manueline” than an “or‐ thodox manueline” with a clear medieval predominance.
Between 1898 and 1912, Luigi Manini projected in the mountains of Sintra the most representative work of his prolific career: the Quinta da Regaleira. The building was a ʺtotal work of artʺ, which destiny will be to stand as the most representative work of finisecular neomanueline, portuguese architecture. However, as will be discussed below, this stylistic label ‐widely socialized and commonly officialized‐ may be re‐ vised, according to the many and profuse stylistic elements of a classic background that have contaminated Manini´s decorative grammar. Even if the main manueline works of XVI century ‐ clearly dominated by a medieval like style ‐ have always been seasoned with small italian and classic references, when we talk about Quinta da Re‐ galeira, it is made evident that there is a stylistic disproportion in favor of the second one, that equilibrates both of them artistic styles. Hence, this article tries to illustrate the presence of two very well measured and proportionate antagonistic stylistic lan‐ guages: classical and medieval. Both functions as ʺstylistic hingesʺ, intertwined, facili‐ tating the coexistence of both artistic traditions. The ultimate goal of such displaying of eclecticism is the harmonious achieving of a highly integrated set, both nicely con‐ jugated and proportionate. Through the creation of new figurative hybridizations, Manini achieved the conciliator ʺmiracleʺ between two opposite worlds. Therefore, this paper proposes a rereading of the stylistic analysis of the named work, on the basis of a new approach, focused on the continuous reuse and reinvention of the clas‐ sical rhetoric, that Manini introduced in the Quinta da Regaleira through his ornamen‐ tal scheme, which final result is the neutralization of medieval excesses which charac‐ terize the manueline, and providing the set of a certain renaissance proportionality. All this will force a stylistic redefinition of the decorative program of Regaleira, in which, perhaps, we should better talk about a “classic neo manueline” than an “or‐ thodox manueline” with a clear medieval predominance.
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El presente artículo forma parte del proyecto internacional Laboratorio di Ricerca sulle Città (Istituto di Studi Superiori. Università di Bologna). Asimismo, también del proyecto europeo Performigrations: people are the territory (Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne. Università di Bologna). Análogamente, dicho artículo ha sido posible gracias a la financiación postdoctoral del Plan Galego de Investigación, Innovación e Crecemento 2011‐2015 promovido por la Xunta de Galicia
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Moure Pazos, I. (2016). Manini diseñador en la Quinta da Regaleira: el lenguaje clásico de una obra “neomanuelina” (1898-1912). Arte Y Ciudad, (10). https://doi.org/10.22530/ayc.2016.N10.338
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© Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2016. Este artículo se distribuye bajo una licencia de uso y distribución Creative Commons Reconocimiento-No Comercial 3.0 España (BY-NC)







